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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Syrian Army, Islamic State Battle for Central Oilfield
Islamic State fighters battled government forces on Tuesday at central Syria's Jazal oilfield, the last such facility still partly under state control, a group monitoring the conflict reported.
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Islamic State Takes Syrian State's Last Oilfield: Monitor
Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian government control during battles over a vast central desert zone, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday.
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Islamic State Captures Parts of Key Regime-Held Syria Oilfield
Islamic State group jihadists have captured parts of the last major oilfield under government control, halting production at the site, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said today.
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Islamic State Releases Bangladeshi Hostages in Libya Oilfield Attack
Two Bangladeshi citizens, among a group of foreign workers taken hostage by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield, have been released after more than two weeks, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said today.
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Jihadists Control All Main Syria Oilfields: NGO
The jihadist Islamic State (IS) now fully controls all of Syria's main oil and gas fields in Deir Ezzor province bordering Iraq, a monitoring group said on Friday.
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Militants Attack Iraq Air Base, US Advisers Arrive
Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases and seized control of several small oilfields on Wednesday as U.S. special forces troops and intelligence analysts arrived to help Iraqi security forces counter a mounting Sunni insurgency.
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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Syrian Army, Islamic State Battle for Central Oilfield
Islamic State fighters battled government forces on Tuesday at central Syria's Jazal oilfield, the last such facility still partly under state control, a group monitoring the conflict reported.
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Islamic State Takes Syrian State's Last Oilfield: Monitor
Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian government control during battles over a vast central desert zone, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday.
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Islamic State Captures Parts of Key Regime-Held Syria Oilfield
Islamic State group jihadists have captured parts of the last major oilfield under government control, halting production at the site, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said today.
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Islamic State Releases Bangladeshi Hostages in Libya Oilfield Attack
Two Bangladeshi citizens, among a group of foreign workers taken hostage by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield, have been released after more than two weeks, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said today.
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Jihadists Control All Main Syria Oilfields: NGO
The jihadist Islamic State (IS) now fully controls all of Syria's main oil and gas fields in Deir Ezzor province bordering Iraq, a monitoring group said on Friday.
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Militants Attack Iraq Air Base, US Advisers Arrive
Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases and seized control of several small oilfields on Wednesday as U.S. special forces troops and intelligence analysts arrived to help Iraqi security forces counter a mounting Sunni insurgency.
