Iraq: Video Shows Islamic State Attacking Iraqi Refinery — But Their Oil Money Might be Running Dry

Apr 12, 2015 | Gillian Mohney, Vice News
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Video released this weekend appears to show Islamic State fighters attacking Iraq's largest oil refinery in the northern city of Baiji, an assault that comes just days after reports claiming the group has abandoned three major oil fields elsewhere in the country.

The footage was posted by Aamaq News, an activist group sympathetic with the Islamic State. It shows a fierce firefight that was reportedly just one part of an attack that included several suicide bombers as the militants attempted to capture the major refinery, which is located about 200 miles north of Baghdad.