Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: How ISIS Built Its Own Multi-Million Dollar Industry by Attacking Oilfields [Video]

Oct 17, 2015 | Hari Sreenivasan, PBS
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The militant group known as the Islamic State or ISIS controls huge amounts of territory in Iraq and Syria. And ISIS finances much of its military operations from siphoning and selling the greatest commodity in Iraq and Syria: oil. Some estimates put proceeds from the ISIS theft at $1.5 million a day.