Iraqi army and volunteer forces have recaptured one of Iraq’s largest dams, another success in Baghdad’s efforts to wrest key facilities back from ISIL.

Iraqi army and volunteer forces have recaptured one of Iraq's largest dams, another success in Baghdad's efforts to wrest key facilities back from ISIL.

Pro-government forces ousted ISIL terrorists from control of Adhaim dam, which forms a lake that marks the border between the eastern provinces of Diyala and Salaheddin, earlier this week.

Commanders from the army said that ISIL pulled out after a brief battle two days earlier.

Most of the dam's vital infrastructure was intact, as was the administrative headquarters, but some of the staff lodgings that ISIL fighters had occupied were destroyed.

In the back yard of one of those houses, in a bunker the ISIL used to store food and ammunition, Badr fighters wearing their trademark green bandanas flashed victory signs.

The pro-government forces seized at least 10 vehicles, including Humvees and armored personnel carriers, and destroyed four others during the operation, which involved mortar fire and strikes by helicopters and jet fighters.

Iraq Forces Break Siege of Main Oil Refinery

Iraqi forces broke ISIL's months-long siege of the country's largest oil refinery Saturday as America's top officer flew in to discuss the expanding war against the terrorists.

Completely expelling ISIL terrorists from the area around the refinery would be another significant achievement for Baghdad, a day after pro-government forces retook the nearby town of Baiji.