Islamic State increases oil and gas sales to Assad, officials say
Published January 20, 2017 The Wall Street Journal
Islamic State has ramped up sales of oil and gas to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. and European officials said, providing vital fuel to the government in return for desperately needed cash.
The regime’s purchases are helping sustain Islamic State amid unprecedented military pressure on the militant group in both Syria and Iraq. It is also helping the group despite the regime’s insistence that it is dedicated to eradicating the militant group with the help of its top allies Russia and Iran.
Oil and gas sales to Mr. Assad’s regime are now Islamic State’s largest source of funds, replacing revenue the group once collected from tolls on the transit of goods and taxes on wages within its territory, the officials said. Their information comes from the monitoring of oil-truck traffic routes, which have changed from carrying oil to Turkey and Iraq to transporting it to Syria.
Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/20/islamic-state-increases-oil-and-gas-sales-to-assad-officials-say.html
The same has been said for Turkey, if one looks it up, the CIA apologized to Turkey for saying that.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161217-cia-apologises-to-turkey-over-false-claims-of-links-to-daesh/Reported everywhere.
