Security

Kurdistan refinery protests spark deadly violence

At least one person is dead and several injured after security forces cracked down on unemployed truck drivers demanding work at the Lanaz refinery near Erbil.

A truck prepares to load at the Lanaz oil refinery on the Gwer road west or Erbil, March 31, 2015 (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)

Jul 22, 2015

Mosul insurgents challenge Islamic State occupiers

A group calling itself Kataib al-Mosul is waging a campaign of assassinations against IS fighters throughout Mosul and feeding intelligence to Iraqi and U.S. forces.

Jun 3, 2015

Q&A: Anbari tribal leaders

The fall of Ramadi was long in the making, and is only the latest symptom of long-standing dysfunction in the Iraqi government's strategy for Anbar province.

May 26, 2015

Baiji refinery devastated by IS scorched earth tactics

IS militants destroy critical control rooms and production units as pro-government forces battle to retake the remnants of Iraq's largest oil refinery.

May 23, 2015

After seizing Ramadi, IS presses Anbar campaign

After taking Anbar's capital, IS fighters are seizing more territory and threatening the Habbaniya air base, a key staging area for a potential Iraqi counter-attack.

May 19, 2015

Rocket attack hits Ajil field

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed a crucial flow tank at the Ajil oil field near Tikrit, rendering the entire field offline for at least a year.

May 9, 2015

Shia militias skirmish with presidential guards

Tensions rise in northern Salahaddin province after militiamen confiscated vehicles and weapons from Iraqi President Fuad Masum's Kurdish Peshmerga bodyguards.

May 7, 2015

Backup arrives for Baiji refinery defense

Days after IS fighters made a devastating incursion into Iraq's largest oil refinery, reinforcements have joined the fight.

May 7, 2015

New brigade to protect Basra oil companies

A new Oil Police brigade has formed to guard foreign oil companies in Basra, partly in response to a rash of tribal and gang-related violence in recent months.

Apr 30, 2015

Iraqi forces overpowered at Baiji refinery

IS militants now control most of Iraq's largest oil refinery after a relentless offensive that has left pro-government forces in disarray.

Apr 22, 2015

Baiji refinery still threatened

Three days after Iraqi leaders declared the country's largest refinery secure, IS militants who control pockets of territory nearby have the facility in their crosshairs.