Oil and Gas Sales to the Syrian Regime Are Now ISIS’s Largest Source of Funds, Report Says

[bigheadfred]

Revenues from oil and gas sold to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are now the largest source of funds for the Islamic State (ISIS), as the militant group faces mounting military pressure in both Iraq and Syria.

The Wall Street Journal reports that officials from the U.S. and Europe said the Assad regime, despite pronouncements that it is fighting the extremist group, is directly supporting ISIS through the purchase of energy, needed to power the Syrian capital Damascus and other parts of the country.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjw-LHvzdTRAhXjyFQKHYEyBykQFggqMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2017%2F01%2F20%2Foil-gas-isis-syria-assad%2F&usg=AFQjCNHLu-j67Y-5POtVBy3clUuyrauOrQ&sig2=q28dLnV9R0E8cjy8ntYXFg

[TomSea]

It's baffling but I've seen similar stories, perhaps even the Kurds and ISIS have done oil business or allowed ISIS oil to go through Kurd territory.

[dfwgator]

It's baffling but I've seen similar stories, perhaps even the Kurds and ISIS have done oil business or allowed ISIS oil to go through Kurd territory.

You can't trust ANYONE in that region.

[bigheadfred]

It's baffling but I've seen similar stories, perhaps even the Kurds and ISIS have done oil business or allowed ISIS oil to go through Kurd territory.

I don't really know how the market works. Who buys and sells, processes and delivers. For all I know, I have gas in my car that was supplied by terrorist supporting governments. Probably do. A twist of fate kind of thing.

[TomSea]

ISIS has reportedly used mobile refineries and not developed ones like the ones that are in this article.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-27/isis-using-alibaba-buy-mobile-refineries-turkey

ISIS also processes oil in crude ways, I read an article on it about 2 years ago.

We bombed their refineries and then their mobil units too.