Russian intel spots 12,000 oil tankers & trucks on Turkey-Iraq border - General Staff
RT,
25 December,
2015
Russian
intelligence has spotted up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the
Turkish-Iraqi border, the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces
has reported.
“The
[aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraqi
Kurdistan), there were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the
Turkish-Iraqi border,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy told
journalists on Friday.
Most smuggled ISIS oil goes to Turkey, sold at low prices – Norwegian report http://on.rt.com/6zzb
“It
must be noted that oil from both Iraq and Syria come through this
[Zakho] checkpoint,” General Rudskoy said.
Heavy-duty
trucks loaded with oil continue to cross the Turkish-Syrian border as
well, Rudskoy said. At the same time, the number of tankers on the
northern and western routes used for transporting oil from Syria is
declining, the general added.
“According
to satellite data, the number of oil tankers moving through the
‘northern route’ towards the refinery in the [Turkish] city of
Batman has considerably diminished,” Rudskoy said, adding that the
number of tankers using the ‘western route,’ between the Turkish
cities of Reyhanli [on the Syrian border] and the city of Iskenderun,
has decreased to 265 vehicles.
The
Russian Air Force in Syria has destroyed about 2,000 tankers used by
the Islamists for oil transportation. In the last week, Russian
warplanes eliminated 17 convoys of oil tankers and a number of
installations used by terrorists for oil extraction and processing.
The
Russian Air Force’s effective strikes in Syria have forced the
terrorists to look for new routes for crude oil transportation.
Today, tankers loaded with oil in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province,
under Islamic State control, are moving towards the Iraqi border in
the direction of Zakho and Mosul.
“However,
despite a considerable diversion, the finishing point of the
trafficking route remains Turkey,” Rudskoy said.
Russian
jets bomb ISIS oil tankers in Syria (MoD VIDEO)
The
Russian Defense Ministry has released a video showing its air attacks
on Islamic State (IS) oil tankers and trucks in Syria. The vehicles
explode after being hit by precision airstrikes, and are engulfed in
flames.
Russia
has been bombing IS infrastructure and positions from its Khmeimim
airbase in Latakia since September 30, at the request of the Syrian
authorities.
Daesh,
Nusra Fighters Begin Turning in Heavy Arms Outside Syrian Capital
Russian
intelligence has spotted up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the
Turkish-Iraqi border, the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces
has reported.
“The
[aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraqi
Kurdistan), there were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the
Turkish-Iraqi border,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy told
journalists on Friday.
Most smuggled ISIS oil goes to Turkey, sold at low prices – Norwegian report http://on.rt.com/6zzb
“It
must be noted that oil from both Iraq and Syria come through this
[Zakho] checkpoint,” General Rudskoy said.
Heavy-duty
trucks loaded with oil continue to cross the Turkish-Syrian border as
well, Rudskoy said. At the same time, the number of tankers on the
northern and western routes used for transporting oil from Syria is
declining, the general added.
“According
to satellite data, the number of oil tankers moving through the
‘northern route’ towards the refinery in the [Turkish] city of
Batman has considerably diminished,” Rudskoy said, adding that the
number of tankers using the ‘western route,’ between the Turkish
cities of Reyhanli [on the Syrian border] and the city of Iskenderun,
has decreased to 265 vehicles.
The Russian Air Force in Syria has destroyed about 2,000 tankers used by the Islamists for oil transportation. In the last week, Russian warplanes eliminated 17 convoys of oil tankers and a number of installations used by terrorists for oil extraction and processing.
The Russian Air Force’s effective strikes in Syria have forced the terrorists to look for new routes for crude oil transportation. Today, tankers loaded with oil in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, under Islamic State control, are moving towards the Iraqi border in the direction of Zakho and Mosul.
“However,
despite a considerable diversion, the finishing point of the
trafficking route remains Turkey,” Rudskoy said.
Russia has been bombing IS infrastructure and positions from its Khmeimim airbase in Latakia since September 30, at the request of the Syrian authorities.
Russian
jets bomb ISIS oil tankers in Syria (MoD VIDEO)
The
Russian Defense Ministry has released a video showing its air attacks
on Islamic State (IS) oil tankers and trucks in Syria. The vehicles
explode after being hit by precision airstrikes, and are engulfed in
flames.
Russia has been bombing IS infrastructure and positions from its Khmeimim airbase in Latakia since September 30, at the request of the Syrian authorities.
Daesh,
Nusra Fighters Begin Turning in Heavy Arms Outside Syrian Capital
Fighters from the Daesh and the al-Nusra Front have begun giving up heavy weapons to the Syrian army south of the Arab republic’s capital of Damascus, a military source said Friday.
25
December, 2015
DAMASCUS
(Sputnik) – The source said engineer troops arrived with UN
representatives near the Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus
on Thursday to accept heavy weapons from the
militants.
"The
militants who have given up their weapons will be taken
toward Beer al-Qasab, an eastern suburb of Damascus,
with their families," the military source told RIA Novosti.
A
total of over 3,500 fighters and their family members have so
far agreed to leave the suburb of Al Hajar Al Aswad where
the camp is located, the source dded.
News
emerged on Thursday that 5,000 militants and their families
would be relocated from Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Al-Qadam and Al-Asali
under an agreement brokered by an unnamed third party
starting this weekend.
According
to media reports, the militants permitted to carry personal
weapons, would be taken to the Daesh stronghold of Raqqah
as part of the agreement.
About
18,000 people are estimated to live in Yarmouk, a
Palestinian refugee camp established in 1957.
Daesh
militants overran major portions of Yarmouk in early April
25
December, 2015
DAMASCUS
(Sputnik) – The source said engineer troops arrived with UN
representatives near the Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus
on Thursday to accept heavy weapons from the
militants.
"The
militants who have given up their weapons will be taken
toward Beer al-Qasab, an eastern suburb of Damascus,
with their families," the military source told RIA Novosti.
A
total of over 3,500 fighters and their family members have so
far agreed to leave the suburb of Al Hajar Al Aswad where
the camp is located, the source dded.
News
emerged on Thursday that 5,000 militants and their families
would be relocated from Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Al-Qadam and Al-Asali
under an agreement brokered by an unnamed third party
starting this weekend.
According
to media reports, the militants permitted to carry personal
weapons, would be taken to the Daesh stronghold of Raqqah
as part of the agreement.
About
18,000 people are estimated to live in Yarmouk, a
Palestinian refugee camp established in 1957.
Daesh
militants overran major portions of Yarmouk in early April
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