IS makes large amounts of money from oil it produces from seized facilities. Large-scale petroleum storage under control of the ISIS rebels were also destroyed by the Russian Air Force at 50 km to the north of Deir ez-Zor and at 15 km to the south-west of Raqqa.
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Analyst Li Yincai of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences said the differences among the global community on dealing with the Syrian issue will “greatly cripple the effectiveness of the military attack against ISIS as the fundamental conundrum in Syria lies in the underlying internal conflicts”.
In an effort financially squeeze Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the USA imposed sanctions on Wednesday on backers of the Syrian regime, including a middleman accused of buying oil from the Islamic State (IS) group and the Russian head of the World Chess Federation. The strikes were carried out by A-10 Warthogs and AC-130 Specter Gunships.. But in such kind of air strikes now the US planes first drop warning leaflets for the drivers and then conduct staffing runs in order to scare them away.
The U.S. has said oil provides about half the group’s total income.
Daesh is suspected to earn upwards of $40 million a month from illegally exporting crude oil.
On Nov. 15, the USA began targeting oil tanker trucks by bombing 116 of them.
Mr Davis said there were no reports of civilian casualties.
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Meanwhile, Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes captured areas from the Islamic State in the central province of Homs on Monday, state media and a monitoring group said. The two were in addition to nine strikes in Syria on Saturday reported earlier by the US-led task force.
