TIMEISIS Sets Oil, Sulfur Fires in Battle for MosulTIMERetreating ISIS fighters have set fire to oil wells as well as a sulfur plant in the area, sending up plumes of toxic black and white smoke that blanket the sky and burn the lungs. Some of the oil fire …

Washington PostIslamic State forces attack Iraq's oil-rich city of KirkukWashington PostIRBIL, Iraq – Islamic State gunmen launched a series of coordinated attacks Friday in the northern city of Kirkuk and a nearby power plant, briefly controlling the …

Financial TimesBasra: Hopes of Iraq's oil capital going up in flamesFinancial TimesWhen Munir started out as an oil contractor in Basra in 2007, Iraq was under occupation and suffering a brutal insurgency. Even that, he laments, was better than what he …

Reuters UKExclusive - US helped clinch Iraq oil deal to keep Mosul battle on trackReuters UKThe oil revenue-sharing deal sealed in August was critical to getting the central and regional governments to coordinate planning for a push on the Islamic State st …

ReutersExclusive: US helped clinch Iraq oil deal to keep Mosul battle on trackReutersThe oil revenue-sharing deal sealed in August was critical to getting the central and regional governments to coordinate planning for a push on the Islamic State stronghol …

ReutersIraq army captures Qayyara oil region from IS, Abadi saysReutersBAGHDAD The Iraqi army has dislodged Islamic State from the Qayyara oil producing region located south of their de facto capital Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday. …