Syria: Pentagon: Most of Islamic State’s Oil Refineries in Syria Have Been Destroyed

Oct 3, 2014 | Maggie Ybarra, The Washington Times
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The Pentagon says that it has demolished the majority of the oil refineries the Islamic State has been using to fund its terrorist activities and now is systematically destroying Syria-based stockpiles that support the terrorist network’s fighters in Iraq.

Over the past several days, the U.S. military and its Arab partners have pummeled eastern Syria with missiles, razing 16 of about 20 Islamic State-controlled oil refineries, a senior Pentagon official said. Now, the multinational operation will focus on hindering the extremist group’s ability to conduct combat in Iraq.