Caught Red Handed: Further Proof of Daesh Smuggling Oil to Turkey

Destruction of oil production and processing facilities in Syria

20:29 25.12.2015(updated 01:33 26.12.2015)

The Russian Aerospace Forces operating in Syria continue to target the chief source of income for Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) – the illegal oil production and smuggling.

Concentration of vehicles and direction of truck convoys' traffic into Turkey. Maximum available quality. (Still frames of the Russian Defense Ministry.)

Russia Reveals Oil Smuggling Route: Turkey Gets Daesh Oil From Iraq Through Zakho Checkpoint

During official briefing chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Rudskoy presented numerous photos and videos depicting Daesh tanker trucks attempting to smuggle oil into Turkey.Attepmting to evade Russian aircraft, the terrorists disguise tankers as ordinary trucks and usually move their cargo during night.

“In order to avoid losses to Russian aviation, the terrorists move [the oil convoys] mainly at night. Moreover, their tanker trucks are disguised as ordinary trucks, and move in small columns of several dozen vehicles at a time,” Rudskoy said.

Russian Armed Forces have revealed a new Daesh oil smuggling route: first the trucks take the shortest route to Iraq, and from there head to Turkey. Trying to escape Russian aviation’s strikes, “terrorists are changing their tactics and paving new oil smuggling routes,” Rudskoy said.