Warplanes from the US-led coalition bombed oil installations and other facilities in territory controlled by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria for a second consecutive day on Friday, activists said.
The strikes hit two oil areas in Deir el-Zour province a day after the United States and its Arab allies pummeled a dozen makeshift oil producing facilities in the same area near Syria’s border with Iraq.
The raids aim to cripple one of the militants’ primary sources of cash — black market oil sales that the US says earn up to $2 million a day.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes overnight and early Friday hit the Tink oil field as well as the Qouriyeh oil-producing area in Deir el-Zour. It said air raids also targeted the headquarters of the Islamic State group in the town of Mayadeen. agencies
The strikes hit two oil areas in Deir el-Zour province a day after the United States and its Arab allies pummeled a dozen makeshift oil producing facilities in the same area near Syria’s border with Iraq.
The raids aim to cripple one of the militants’ primary sources of cash — black market oil sales that the US says earn up to $2 million a day.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes overnight and early Friday hit the Tink oil field as well as the Qouriyeh oil-producing area in Deir el-Zour. It said air raids also targeted the headquarters of the Islamic State group in the town of Mayadeen. agencies