Iraq forces break oil refinery siege, liberate soldiers
Iraqi troops, backed by volunteer forces, have managed to break the siege on the Baiji refinery, liberating some 300 soldiers in the process.
Qais al-Khazali, head of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq volunteer forces, said the group and the security forces in Salahuddin Province, north of the capital Baghdad, successfully carried out the security operation to break the siege on Baiji refinery, Iraq’s Arabic news channel AlSumaria.
A spokesman for the Iraqi military also confirmed the full retaking of the refinery, which lies some 40 kilometers north of the Iraqi city of Tikrit in Salahuddin Province.
Sa’ad Maan said the security forces entered the facility after clearing the road leading to it of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
Government forces, backed by Shia and Sunni volunteer forces, retook control of the strategic northern city of Tikrit from the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group late March. The new gains toward Baiji shows the resolve of the Iraqi forces in their battle against the Takfiri group despite recent setbacks in the western Anbar Province.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have been in chaos since ISIL started its campaign of terror in early June 2014. Since then, Iraq’s army has been joined by Kurdish forces, as well as Shia and Sunni volunteers in operations to drive the ISIL terrorists out of the areas they have seized.
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