Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State Fighters Drawing on Oil Assets for Funding and Fuel

Sep 15, 2014 | The Washington Post
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Oil has helped fund and fuel the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, with small amounts coming from fields in northern Iraq and being smuggled across the borders in tanker trucks. A tiny drop in the sea of petroleum globally, the oil tapped by the Islamic State has given it a revenue source most extremist groups lack.