Iraq/Islamic State: Islamic State Suspected of Oil field Attack Tuesday Near Kirkuk

Dec 25, 2019 | Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, and Amir Ali, Iraq Oil Report
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One oil facilities protection officer was shot to death late Tuesday in a suspected Islamic State (IS) group attack on a vulnerable well of the Khabbaz oil field, 25 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk. Multiple security and industry officials confirmed the incident, which injured two others who were part of a unit guarding the field. Two more police officers are missing, according to an officer in the government-backed al-Hashid al-Ashayari paramilitary group, and security forces were still searching for them at the time of publication.