IS attackers repelled from Baiji refinery
<p>Recently reinforced Iraqi security forces at the Baiji refinery, backed by Iraqi Army helicopters, repelled on Tuesday the latest attempt by anti-government militants to take the Baiji refinery.</p>
A militant stands guard on a road leading to the Baiji refinery. This photograph, taken in July 2014, was given to Iraq Oil Report by a technician at the refinery.
BAGHDAD - Recently reinforced Iraqi security forces at the Baiji refinery, backed by Iraqi Army helicopters, repelled on Tuesday the latest attempt by anti-government militants to take the Baiji refinery.
According to two people living in the residential areas around the refinery, militants belonging or allied with the so-called Islamic State (IS) organization detonated a car bomb at the main, western gate of the refinery around 4:30 p.m., followed by mortar and heavy machine gun fire.
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