Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: Thousands of Foreign Workers Help ISIS Keep its Crude Oil Flowing

Dec 29, 2015 | ARA News
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The extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS) has recruited thousands of workers with experience in the oil industry to help the group keep crude pumping from the wells of the ISIS-held oil fields in Syria and Iraq. The ‘Iraq Oil Report’ on Monday published a new report providing details on the ISIS oil operations in the region, saying that documents captured in a recent U.S. raid confirmed that the radical group has employed more than 2,000 workers to pump crude from at least 200 wellheads in Syria and Iraq.