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U.S.: Syria buying millions of dollars in oil from ISIS

Name: U.S.: Syria buying millions of dollars in oil from ISIS
Uploaded: 2015-12-11T07:05:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 23 s
Description: There's been a new focus in the U.S.-led coalition's bombing strategy to target more of ISIS oil infrastructure, which is thought to be generating about $40 million a month. In the cynical economics of war, some of that oil even goes to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, an ISIS sworn enemy in this bitter war. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

There's been a new focus in the U.S.-led coalition's bombing strategy to target more of ISIS oil infrastructure, which is thought to be generating about $40 million a month. In the cynical economics of war, some of that oil even goes to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, an ISIS sworn enemy in this bitter war. Elizabeth Palmer reports.