Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery At Baiji Has Fallen To ISIS Militants

Iraq Crisis: Key Oil Refinery 'Seized By Rebels' -- BBC

Sunni rebels in Iraq say they have fully captured the country's main oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad.

The refinery had been under siege for 10 days with the militant offensive being repulsed several times.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Irbil, northern Iraq, for a second day of talks with the country's leaders.

Insurgents, spearheaded by Islamists, have overrun a swathe of territory in the north and west including the second-biggest city, Mosul.

They are bearing down on a vital dam near Haditha and have captured all border crossings to Syria and Jordan.

The Baiji refinery, in Salahuddin province, supplies a third of Iraq's refined fuel and the battle has already led to petrol rationing.

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More News On Reports That Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery At Baiji Has Fallen To ISIS Militants

ISIS claims victory at Baiji refinery, Iraqi forces deny reports of surrender -- Miami Herald/McClathcy News
ISIS takes over Iraq's main oil refinery at Baiji - reports -- RT
ISIL rebels control Baiji refinery in Iraq -- Al Jazeera
ISIL takes control of Baiji oil refinery -- Al-Bawaba
Isis rebels 'capture' Baiji Iraq oil refinery -- Channel 4 News
ISIL militants reportedly take control of Baiji refinery -- Press TV
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Video: Fighting at Iraq’s Baiji refinery fuels acute shortages -- France 24
Did ISIS capture Iraq's biggest refinery? -- CBS