Military Use Of Environmental Degradation by Islamic State, Northern Iraq

Members of the co-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) took control of Qayyara and the surrounding oil fields in June 2014. They were expelled by Iraqi forces in August 2016, but as they withdrew north, they created a complex battlespace igniting fires at the Al-Mishraq sulphur plant and at o...

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Main Author: Bulmer, Mark H.
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2018-12-01
Series:Scientia Militaria
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Online Access:https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1228