OSINT SUMMARY
11th January 2016, Latest military news indicates that Syrian Air Force targeted a convoy of Daesh tankers smuggling oil from the Takfiri held territories in the east locality of the Arab nation.
Syrian fighter jets bombarded the tankers on the al-Mayadin highway close to to the eastern city Dayr al-Zawr on Sunday.
Bombardment of Daesh oil tankers is a huge blow to the militant group economic lifeline that highly relies on fund from smuggled oil to facilitate their terror activities.
In another separate development, a senior commander of Al-Qaeda affiliated Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group identified as Abu Talib was killed in a bobby trap explosion in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province.
On Sunday 10th January 2016, some 30 militants belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front perished from Russian airstrikes in the southern part of Idlib.
Since March 2011, Syria has been rocked by challenge of foreign-backed militancy which has left hundreds of thousands killed and over a million other displace as result of violence.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. More than 260,000 have reportedly lost their lives and millions displaced as a result of the violence.
Syrian security forces have been battling militants, particularly Daesh terrorists and the al-Nusra Front militants from different angles throughout the country.
Russian air intervention began on September 30, 2015 at the request of the Damascus government.
The rats are fleeing to Libya for its oil resources.