IS torches Qayarah oil complex, dumps crude in Tigris

Scorched-earth tactics cause deadly environmental damage, highlight IS group's battlefield losses and failure to sustain oil-fueled state.

Crude from a burst pipeline at al-Fatha is set on fire in April 2014 in the Tigris River. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

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