BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the battle over the northern town of Baiji and its refinery - Iraq's largest - was critical to the fight against Islamic State. The town, about ...

Iraq reopened on Friday what was once the country's largest oil refinery, a step the government hopes will lead to an end to its dependence on fuel imports. The North Refinery in the city of Baiji, ...

BAIJI, Iraq, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Iraq restored partial operation at its Baiji oil refinery, the country's largest, on Monday, after a two-day shutdown due to a bomb attack, an official said. "We have ...

Delicious Iraqi shawarma being made in Baiji, Iraq. A quick look at how a sandwich is made by the Iraqi Shawarma King.

One man lost his uncle. Another is mourning for two sons. Farmers and herders in Iraq's Baiji say mines left by the Islamic State group turned their beloved orchards into killing fields. Iraqi mine ...

DUBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Iraq on Friday reopened the North Refinery in the Baiji complex, which came to symbolise the country's turbulence, after being closed for a decade, Prime Minister Mohammed ...

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Iraq's largest refinery in Baiji is not "at risk" despite an offensive by the Islamic State group that has breached parts of the facility, the U.S. military's top general said, AL Arabia reported.

BAIJI, Iraq -- Plumes of thick black smoke billowed from the Baiji power station, where a contingent of U.S. soldiers craned their necks and tried to count the long columns of soot shooting into the ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 -- Under a mounting insurgent offensive against Iraq's gasoline supply, the country's largest fuel refinery sat idle Thursday. Gas station owners in surrounding communities in ...

Iraqi forces battled jihadists on several fronts Thursday and were poised to receive the help of 450 extra US troops slated for deployment near Ramadi. Washington's decision to send more advisers and ...