The U.S. military has released footage and still images showing air strikes targeting the positions held by Islamic State terrorists in Syria.
The air strikes were reportedly carried out by U.S., Saudi and Emirati fighter jets and targeted IS-held positions and refineries in Syria.
One of the videos shows the pounding of the Mayadin Modular Refinery and the Jeribe West Modular Refinery. Another shows a compound believed to belong to IS, coming under an aerial attack.
Islamic State has been selling oil from Syrian refineries on the black market to finance its terrorist activities.
The U.S.-led bombing campaign in Syria occurs without a mandate by the UN or the permission of the Syrian government. Damascus has, however, announced that it was informed of the aerial campaign. Most observers believe that the illegal air strikes flagrantly violate international law as well as the sovereignty of Syria.
The U.S. and its Arab allies began pounding IS positions in Syria on Tuesday, following a similar and ongoing campaign in Iraq, where the Islamic State is also carrying out terrorist activities.
On Thursday, foreign-backed opposition group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five civilians, including one child, had been killed in the U.S.-led airstrikes on IS positions in northeastern Hasakeh.
IS terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have carried out heinous crimes in the two countries, including mass executions and beheadings of people.
