Iraqi forces advance to try to break insurgent siege of Baiji refinery
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y...RAQ-CRISIS.JPGBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi military forces reached the center of the **rthern city of Baiji on Sunday to try to break an Islamic State siege of the country's biggest refinery nearby, according to an army colonel and a witness. Islamic State insurgents seized Baiji and surrounded the sprawling refinery in June during a lightning advance through **rthern Iraq. The Sunni militants have captured large expanses of neighboring Syria and **w face U.S.-led air strikes. ...




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