In Iraq eliminated one of the leaders of the international terrorist grouping “Islamic state” (IG), which was responsible for operations with oil. About it reports Reuters referring to the representative of the Pentagon, Adrian Rankine-Galloway.
Sami Jassim al-Jabouri, also known as Haji Hamad, along with his assistant were killed during a joint operation by Iraqi Kurdish and U.S. special forces. The militants were killed on Thursday, August 11, near the town of al-Qaim (near the Syrian border).
“The operation, coordinated and approved by the government of Iraq that was conducted jointly with the armed forces of the country”, — said the representative of the Pentagon.
In early June it was reported that Air and space forces (VKS) Russia destroyed several oil facilities of ISIS, located in the Syrian provinces of raqqa and HOMS. The airstrikes were conducted in the framework of the task of undermining the economic base of terrorists”.
Proceeds from the sale of oil and gas produced in the occupied territories, was up to half of all cash receipts of the IG. However, in 2015, is produced by the Islamists of oil fell by one-third — from 33 to 21 thousand barrels per day, due to the reduction of controlled by the terrorists of the resource objects. In particular, from October 2015, only the Russian military has destroyed more than 200 items of oil production IG.
“Islamic state is a terrorist group banned in Russia. In the summer of 2014, the organization announced the establishment of a Caliphate on the captured militants territories of Syria and Iraq.
