Rocket attack in Iraq, oil refinery fire, see video

Baghdad: A rocket attack last Sunday in northern Iraq set fire to an oil refinery, halting work there.

Video: Alleged footage of the aftermath of a Katyusha rocket attack by ISIS militants on the Siniya oil refinery in northern Iraq.

• Evan Kohlmann (ntIntelTweet) November 29, 2020

Courtsey: Reuters and Evan Kohlmann

The rocket hit a fuel storage tank at a small Sinia plant in Salauddin province, setting the tank on fire, the oil ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that no casualties were reported in the incident. The ministry quoted the state-run Northern Refining Company as saying that the fire had been extinguished and work had resumed there. No one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack.

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