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Video: Oil Field and Gas Facility Attacked

From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Militants assaulted a gas facility and a nearby oil field in north Iraq on Sunday, killing five people in rare attacks inside Kurdish-controlled areas of Kirkuk province, officials said:

IS Attacks Energy Infrastructure

By John Lee. Militants from the Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) have reportedly attacked two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday. Reuters reports that four men stormed the 'AB2' gas compressor station, about 15 km northwest of Kirkuk, shooting dead four employees, wounding others, and setting off around five explosions. Counter-terrorism forces […]