Tag: Daesh
US backed coalition seizes major dam in northern Syria from ISIS
ISIS controlled Tishrin Dam seized by Syria Democratic Forces BEIRUT _ A U.S.-backed coalition of rebels in Syria, including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups, has captured a major dam on the Euphrates River in the north from the Islamic State group. The coalition, known as Syria Democratic Forces, seized the Tishrin Dam on Saturday […]
ISIS finance: UN adopts resolution aimed at disrupting Daesh’s cash flow
ISIS has made an estimated $500 million from selling oil, extorting and brutalizing people The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday aimed at disrupting revenue that the Islamic State extremist group gets from oil and antiquities sales, ransom payments and other criminal activities, a goal that finance ministers agree will be challenging. The Islamic […]
US led coalition targets ISIS oil facilities controlled in eastern Syria
British Tornado jets struck ISIS oil facilities LONDON _British Tornado jets struck oil fields in eastern Syria on Thursday that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants. The strikes at the Omar oil field came […]
Turkish president, family benefit from illegal ISIS oil trade: Russian military
Turkish leader denies connection with ISIS MOSCOW _Sharply raising the stakes in Moscow’s spat with Ankara, Russia’s top military brass on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of personally profiting from oil trade with Islamic State militants. The bluntly-worded accusations follow Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane at the Syrian border […]
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