Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Reuters)
Group: ISIS Takes Major Syrian Oil Field -- CNN
(CNN) -- The extremist Sunni militant group that recently declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq wrested control of a major Syrian oil field in a sweeping land grab Thursday, a UK-based monitoring group said.
A string of villages and towns along the Euphrates River fell like dominoes to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, bridging the Syrian province of Deir Ezzour with the group's recently gained territories in Iraq's Sunni heartland, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.
A video statement from the leaders in the town of al-Shahil announcing their withdrawal from all anti-ISIS organizations triggered the quick fall of a majority of Deir Ezzour province.
Read more ....
More News On ISIS's Military Campaign In Syria
‘They fled like rats': ISIS snatches key Syrian oilfield from rival militants -- RT
ISIS militants seize another oil field in Syria's Deir el-Zour -- Al Arabiya
Jihadists now in control of all of Syria's main oil fields -- Al Bawaba
ISIS controls all main Syrian oil fields: NGO -- DAWN/AFP
ISIS militant group takes control of Syria's largest oil field -- FOX News
ISIS Captures Syrian Towns, Key Oil Field -- AP
ISIS bombed in Iraq, but advances in Syria -- AP
No comments:
Post a Comment