The global anti- IS coalition launched air strikes on oil refineries run by the self styled “Islamic State” group in northern Syria killed 30 people, mostly jihadists, a monitoring group said earlier today.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said coalition warplanes launched two strikes yesterday on oil facilities in Raqa province, a stronghold of the extremist group which borders Turkey.
Since September, the coalition has conducted repeated air strikes against IS in Syria, as well as in neighbouring Iraq, where the jihadists have declared an Islamic “caliphate” in areas under their control.
The raids have frequently targeted oil facilities run by the jihadists, who according to some estimates earn more than $1 million per day from oil sales.
Yesterday, the coalition also launched strikes against Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front in the northwestern province of Idlib.
The attacks, which targeted an Al-Nusra Front military base in Atmeh near the Turkish border, killed nine members of the group, the Britain-based Observatory said.
A civilian in Atmeh told the media that the three buildings targeted by the strikes “were completely destroyed”.
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