U.S. expanding airstrikes on Syrian oilfields

U.S.-led coalition airstrikes are targeting oilfields in Syria in an effort to sever a key revenue stream for the so-called Islamic State (IS). The oil trade is estimated to net the militant group about $1.5 million a day

Airstrikes concentrating on area of Syria which produces about

Deir al-Zawr region:

two-thirds of IS group’s oil revenue. Russia also targeting IS oil facilities in Syria

Kobane

TURKEY

Raqqa

IS HQ

Aleppo

Sinjar

Hasakah

Irbil

Mosul

Kirkuk

River

Tigris

Latakia

SYRIA

Baiji

River

Euphrates

Homs

Deir

al-Zawr

Tikrit

Palmyra

Qaim

Baghdad

LEBANON

Ramadi

Damascus

Fallujah

Rutbah

IRAQ

JORDAN

Golan

Heights

100km

60 miles

SAUDI ARABIA

Approximate area under

IS control (as of Nov 12)

Key IS-held

oilfields

Primary routes used

by IS to transport oil

Sources: Financial Times, New York Times, wire agencies

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U.S. expanding airstrikes on Syrian oilfields

U.S.-led coalition airstrikes are targeting oilfields in Syria in an effort to sever a key revenue stream for the so-called Islamic State (IS). The oil trade is estimated to net the militant group about $1.5 million a day

Airstrikes concentrating on area of Syria

Deir al-Zawr region:

which produces about two-thirds of IS group’s oil revenue.

Russia also targeting IS oil facilities in Syria

Kobane

TURKEY

Raqqa

IS HQ

Aleppo

Sinjar

Hasakah

Irbil

Mosul

Kirkuk

River

Tigris

Latakia

SYRIA

Baiji

River

Euphrates

Homs

Deir

al-Zawr

Tikrit

Palmyra

Qaim

LEBANON

Ramadi

Damascus

Fallujah

Rutbah

IRAQ

Baghdad

JORDAN

100km

Golan

Heights

60 miles

SAUDI ARABIA

Approximate area under IS control

(as of Nov 12)

Key IS-held oilfields

Primary routes used by IS to transport oil

Sources: FT, New York Times, wire agencies

© GRAPHIC NEWS

U.S. expanding airstrikes on Syrian oilfields

U.S.-led coalition airstrikes are targeting oilfields in Syria in an effort to sever a key revenue stream for the so-called Islamic State (IS). The oil trade is estimated to net the militant group about $1.5 million a day

Deir al-Zawr region

Airstrikes concentrating on area of

Syria which produces about two-thirds

of IS group’s oil revenue. Russia also

targeting IS oil facilities in Syria

TURKEY

Raqqa

Sinjar

Irbil

Kirkuk

Aleppo

Mosul

Baiji

SYRIA

Tikrit

Palmyra

LEBANON

Deir

al-Zawr

Damascus

Ramadi

IRAQ

Fallujah

100km

Baghdad

JORDAN

60 miles

SAUDI ARABIA

Under IS control

(as of Nov 12)

Key IS-held oilfields

Primary routes used

by IS to transport oil

Sources: Financial Times,

New York Times,

wire agencies

© GRAPHIC NEWS