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Iraq Oil Report

A view of a Baiji oil refinery, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, February 19, 2008.

An Iraqi oil refinery that was too important to destroy has just been destroyed

May 26, 2015Conflict

A critical piece of Iraqi infrastructure, the nation’s largest oil refinery has been destroyed following a year long battle between pro-government Iraqi forces and fighters loyal to ISIS. The big question is “how was this allowed to happen?”

A general view of the Baiji oil refinery, Iraq's largest, in 2009. Today it's being held — barely — by Iraqi forces against ISIS fighters.

As the US bombs ISIS oil in Syria, militants lay siege to Iraq’s biggest refinery

September 25, 2014Conflict

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