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
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Deir al-Zawr region: Airstrikes concentrating on area which produces about
two-thirds of IS group’s oil revenue. Russia also targeting IS oil facilities

TURKEY SYRIA Raqqa IS HQ Kobane Aleppo Latakia Homs Palmyra Deir al-Zawr 
Hasakah LEBANON Damascus Golan Heights JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA IRAQ Baghdad Rutbah Fallujah Ramadi Qaim River Euphrates Tikrit Baiji Kirkuk Irbil Sinjar Mosul River Tigris

100 km 60 miles

Approximate area under IS control (as of Nov 12)
Key IS-held oilfields
Primary routes used by IS to transport oil
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Sources: Financial Times, New York Times, wire agencies
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