Sr US defense official on Pentagon plans to secure oil fields in Syria: defeat ISIS mission continues.
“We must deny ISIS this revenue stream to ensure there's no resurgence.”
“We must deny ISIS this revenue stream to ensure there's no resurgence.”
“One of the most significant gains by the US and our partners in the fight against ISIS was gaining control of oil fields in Eastern Syria -a crucial source of revenue for ISIS,” acc to senior US defense official.
“The U.S. is committed to reinforcing our position, in coordination with our SDF partners, in northeast Syria with additional military assets to prevent those oil fields from falling back to into the hands of ISIS or other destabilizing actors,” US defense official tells Fox.
