U.S.-led strikes target ISIS oil refineries in Syria


26-09-2014 02:10 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Fresh air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting militants hit two provinces of Syria overnight, targeting oil facilities for a second day, a monitoring group said Friday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported new air strikes in eastern Deir Ezzor province and northeastern Hasakeh province, both of which were targeted a day earlier by the coalition.

The Britain-based group said at least two areas in Deir Ezzor were struck, with the strikes appearing to target oil facilities.

Additional strikes hit an area in Hasakeh, where the target was not immediately clear, the group’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

There were no immediate details of any casualties from the strikes.

They came on a fourth night of bombing by the coalition Washington has assembled to tackle the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group.

The strikes have killed at least 140 militants and 13 civilians so far, according to the Observatory, though Washington has yet to acknowledge any civilian casualties.

Raids overnight between Wednesday and Thursday also targeted some of the makeshift oil refineries operated by ISIS and others in Deir Ezzor and Hasakeh.

Black market sales of illegally extracted Syrian and Iraqi oil are believed to account for a large part of ISIS’ funding.

Experts say the group could be earning between $1 million and $3 million a day from oil sales alone.

*AFP




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :