A military commander in Iraq’s Salahuddin province says security forces have driven ISIL terrorists out of Baiji refinery that’s the biggest refinery in the country. Earlier, Iraqi ground forces entered the refinery, amid heavy clashes with ISIL terrorists who had been surrounding it. The terrorists conducted a large-scale attack on Baiji refinery days ago, briefly taking over a small part of it. The complex, however, has remained under the government control. Meanwhile, the government has sent military reinforcements to Ramadi to block ISIL's advance there. Ramadi is the capital city of the western province of Anbar, and is an ISIL stronghold. Hundreds have fled the city amid heavy fighting.

Iraqi ground forces enter the embattled oil refinery of Baiji in the northern province of Salahuddin.

Iraqi government forces retake two towns near strategic Baiji oil refinery from ISIL Takfiri militants.

Iraqi government forces backed by Shia fighters take part in an operation to retake the Baiji oil refinery from the ISIL terrorists, on April 15, 2015.

Iraqi forces are engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL Takfiris over the control of the Baiji oil refinery.

The Security Committee of the Iraqi province of Salahuddin denies reports that the ISIL Takfiri militants have seized control of part of Iraq’s Baiji oil refinery.

Takfiri ISIL terrorists launch a fierce assault on Iraq’s Baiji oil refinery, the country’s largest.

Iraqi government forces backed by tribal fighters kill 13 ISIL militants in the northern province of Salahuddin.