US intensifies strikes on ISIL’s source of money

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The United States is ramping-up its airstrikes against ISIL, and the target is one of the militant group’s major sources of revenue.

Highlighting a shifting strategy, were dramatic airstrikes destroying scores of oil tankers earlier this week.

CCTV America’s Daniel Ryntjes reports.

 


Kamran Bokhari on the ISIL oil strategy

CCTV America’s Phillip TK Yin spoke to Kamran Bokhari. He’s a specialist on Countering Violent Extremism at the Security & Policy Institute.

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Kamran Bokhari on the ISIL oil strategy

CCTV America's Phillip TK Yin spoke to Kamran Bokhari. He's a specialist on Countering Violent Extremism at the Security & Policy Institute.