Newsweek | Iraqis Progress in Defending Beiji Oil Refinery, US Says Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Iraqi government is making progress in its efforts to hold on to the country's largest oil refinery and to retake a nearby city controlled by Islamic State fighters, the Pentagon said Monday. Iraqi security forces, working with Shiite ... Iraq to assemble 27000-strong 'oil army' to protect energy assets from Isis Iraqi troops recapture parts of key oil refinery town from ISIL Iraq is raising a new army to defend its oil from ISIS |