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IN PICS: 2 Iraqi Oil Wells Set ABLAZE In 'Terror Attack’ By IS Militants

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Here, firefighters from the Iraqi state-owned North Oil Company put out a fire at an oil well in the northern Khabbaz oil field, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on December 16, 2020. - Iraqi authorities had blamed the Islamic State group (IS) for the fires which had been raging for a week. IS has previously set oil fields aflame in Iraq. (Photo by Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP)
Here, firefighters from the Iraqi state-owned North Oil Company put out a fire at an oil well in the northern Khabbaz oil field, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on December 16, 2020. - Iraqi authorities had blamed the Islamic State group (IS) for the fires which had been raging for a week. IS has previously set oil fields aflame in Iraq. (Photo by Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP)
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On December 9, a source from the North Oil Company told Xinhua that IS militants had planted two bombs in the Khubbaz oilfield, some 250 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, and blew them up causing huge fires in the two wells. (Photo by Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP)
On December 9, a source from the North Oil Company told Xinhua that IS militants had planted two bombs in the Khubbaz oilfield, some 250 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, and blew them up causing huge fires in the two wells. (Photo by Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP)

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