Under fire in Iraq’s Baiji refinery as Islamic State is defeated

Subscribe to BBC News HERE BBC’ Quentin Sommerville is the first journalist to make it to Iraq’s largest oil refinery, after the Iraqi army liberated it from Islamic State. Back in the summer, Iraq’s army collapsed in the face of the so-called Islamic State. IS conquered Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul in just 24 hours. But, after attempts by the new government to unite its forces - and with the help of coalition airstrikes Iraq has defeated IS forces in its first major battle for
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