Iraqi army units and allied volunteer forces have taken back the country’s largest oil refinery, Baiji, from Daesh Takfiri terrorists as they push ahead with their counter-terror military operations.
According to the reports, in a statement issued on Monday, Iraq’s Joint Military Command said the oil refinery near Baiji as well as the nearby town of Siniya in the country’s northern province of Salahuddin had been fully cleansed of Daesh terrorists.
The statement did not provide further details about the ongoing military offensive.
The announcement came a day after Sabah al-Numani, spokesman for Iraq’s counter-terror forces, said most parts of the strategic energy complex as well as the Baiji city, located on the main road between the capital Baghdad and the Daesh-held city of Mosul in the northern province of Nineveh, have been liberated.
The latest developments came days after Iraqi armed forces launched a new large-scale military offensive to regain control of Baiji.
On Thursday, Hadi al-Amiri, who heads Iraq’s Badr Organization, praised the progress in the ongoing army offensive against Daesh, saying, “We caught the enemy off guard and we attacked them from all directions.”
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source : irib
