IS militants battling for two big Iraqi prizes

Militants from the so-called Islamic State group are on the offensive again in Iraq, with fierce fighting reported around the provincial capital of Anbar province and the country’s largest oil refinery

Area of Islamic State (IS) dominance as of April 2015 

IS territorial losses since August 2014

Full or partial IS control

Baiji: Home to key oil refinery that IS has been targeting for months. Militants breached perimeter of complex on April 11 and seized several installations

TURKEY

Aleppo

Homs

SYRIA

Damascus

JORDAN

Kobane

Raqqa

Deir al Zawr

Rutba

SAUDI ARABIA

Sinjar

Kurdish-governed area

Hasakah

Qaim

Haditha

IRAQ

ANBAR PROVINCE

Mosul

Tikrit

Ramadi: Iraqi special forces defending Anbar’s provincial capital from renewed attacks by IS fighters. Up to 150,000 civilians reportedly forced to flee their homes

IRAN

Irbil

Kirkuk

Fallujah

Baghdad

100km 60 miles

Sources: U.S. Department of Defence, wire agencies

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