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November 24th, 2015 
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nsnbc : The Russian Air Force has flown 141 sorties in Syria, carrying out 472 air strikes over the past two days, states the Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air strikes destroyed 1,000 oil tankers over the past five days, drying out the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s lucrative oil smuggling business.
The 141 sorties were flown in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor, reports the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Knoshenkov on Monday. Konashenkov added that the Russian Air Force also increased its reconnaissance of targets while delivering air strikes. All aircrafts returned safely to the Hmeinim Air Base, he added.
It is noteworthy that the number of volunteers for the Syrian self-defense forces has increased rapidly since Russia began launching air strikes in Syria. Some 600 new recruits in Latakia province have completed their training and joined the self-defense forces. The local, national self-defense forces are similar in structure and organization as e.g. the Danish “Hjemmeværnet” (Home Defense). The local groups are playing an important role in securing territory that has been recaptured by the Syrian Arab Army.
The Syrian State news agency SANA quotes a military source as saying that the Russian Air Force has destroyed 1,000 tanker trucks in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Air Force within the last five days. Eighty of such oil tankers were reportedly destroyed in al-Raqqa city. Large oil tanks at an oil refinery south of Raqqa and south of Deir Ez-Zor were also targeted.
The targeting of the tankers and refineries effectively dries out one of the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s (a.k.a. ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) revenue sources. It is particularly noteworthy that family members of Turkish President R. Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish banks have been implicated in the smuggling of Syrian oil via northern Iraq to Turkey and beyond. It is also noteworthy that the European Union, on April 22, 2013, lifted its ban on the import of Syrian oil from what it designated as “rebel-held territories”.
CH/L – nsnbc 23.11.2015
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