Baiji refinery attacks expose ongoing vulnerability
Several attacks by IS fighters over the weekend highlight the ongoing challenge of establishing the security zone needed to protect and re-start Iraq's largest refinery.
Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi tours the besieged Baiji refinery on Sept. 11, 2014, a day after formally taking office. (Source: Office of Adil Abd al-Mahdi)
KIRKUK - Pro-government forces are defending against persistent attacks on the Baiji refinery, highlighting the ongoing challenge of defending territory regained from the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
"The fighting has been ongoing for the last 48 hours between the Iraqi security fores and the terrorist Daesh inside Baiji refinery, when some of Daesh were able to get inside the refinery near the oil technical institute," said a senior Salahaddin Operations Command official, using an Arabic term for the IS group. "There is still fierce fighting between our forces and Daesh members."
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