The "Black Force" special police unit of the PUK party briefly took over Kirkuk's IT-1 facility - a sign of deteriorating intra-Kurdish political rivalries.
On the Mosul outskirts, the IS group's Iraqi oil refining hub – recently seized by Iraqi forces – shows how the militants used savvy management to fuel their killing machine.
Two IED attacks have hit northern Iraqi oil fields in the past week.
Backed by U.S. special operations advisors and coalition air power, Iraqi forces enter a new phase of intense urban combat.
At a checkpoint outside one of Iraq's largest refineries, canine units catch suspected IS operatives driving a tanker truck.
After gunmen killed the general secretary of Hizbollah Iraq's Basra branch, and amidst a spate of IED bombings, paramilitary groups threatened to take security matters into their own hands.
Three workers died when a leaky storage tank exploded at the largest oil field operated by the KRG.
Gearing up for the security challenges that will come after the Mosul operation, Iraq's military remains optimistic that U.S. support will continue under Trump.
From a stronghold in the Hamrin mountains, IS guerrillas launch more deadly raids, hitting security forces and energy infrastructure.
With IS militants purged from the eastern half of the city, security forces prepare for the next phase of battle while residents strive to recover from two months of urban warfare.
