Airstrike Destroys Fleet of ISIL Oil Tankers in Syria
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2016 — In the largest airstrike of its kind to date, the coalition destroyed a fleet of 168 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant oil tanker trucks near Palmya, Syria, according to a Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve news release.
"The coalition continues to forcefully prosecute the air war on ISIL revenue capability," Air Force Col. John Dorrian, CJTF-OIR spokesman, said in the release. "When ISIL has access to large sums of money, they use it to conduct violent terror attacks against anyone who doesn't share their barbaric ideology."
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