U.S. air strikes target ISIL drive to expand energy assets

Special to WorldTribune.com

NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant is acting to expand its energy assets in Syria, the cash flow from which has made it wealthiest terrorist organization in recent history.

U.S. air strikes are now targeting ISIL position in northern Syria. /  Technical Sergeant Kevin Wallace / Reuters / U.S. Air Force

U.S. air strikes are now targeting ISIL position in northern Syria. / Technical Sergeant Kevin Wallace / Reuters / U.S. Air Force

The attack came in wake of U.S.-led air strikes on ISIL positions throughout northern Syria. The air strikes also targeted on ISIL-held energy fields, deemed a leading source of revenue.

The energy assets in addition to stolen advanced U.S.-origin weapons platforms has fueled ISIL ambitions, morale and recruiting potential.

[Related: Tanks, copters and cash: Bank robberies in Mosul make ISIL ‘wealthiest terrorist franchise ever’, June 24, 2014]

The Syrian opposition said ISIL attacked an energy field in northern Syria. ISIL was said to have killed at least 30 guards deployed by the regime of President Bashar Assad at the crude oil and natural gas field in Shaer, located in the Homs province.

“IS managed to control parts of the field,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Oct. 29.

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