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The U.S. has struck oil trucks in Syria for the first time, with the goal of cutting off ISIS revenue

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The U.S. has struck oil trucks in Syria for the first time, with the goal of cutting off ISIS revenue
Monday, November 16, 2015 3:30 AM EST

Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria, American officials said.

Plans for the strike were developed well before the terrorist attacks in and around Paris on Friday, and the assault is part of a broader operation to disrupt the ability of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, to generate revenue to support its military operations and run its self-styled caliphate.

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