Iraq: Iraqi Army Inches towards Beiji Oil Refinery

Oct 31, 2014 | Al Jazeera
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Iraqi security forces have advanced further into towns north of Baghdad in a new offensive to retake the country's biggest oil refinery from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters.

Battles have been raging for the past two weeks between government troops and ISIL near both the city of Beiji, the command centre for the group, and the Beiji oil refinery, located about 200km from the capital.

The army has this week taken over the towns of al-Hajaj and Toumaa as it inches closer to Beiji.