Russia destroy ISIS Syrian refinery and oil trucks as Moscow aims to cut off the jihadist group's income stream

  

Russia has released footage which shows its fighter jets targeting oil trucks and a refinery in Syria as it aims to cut off ISIS's biggest source of income. Moscow announced last night that its warplanes are hunting ISIS oil tanker trucks in Syria, a day after admitting a 'terrorist attack' brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Russia announced yesterday that its air force has so far destroyed around 500 fuel trucks in the past few days as they transport oil from Syria to refineries in Iraq in what is a key part of ISIS financing. Last month it was revealed ISIS is still making more than £320million a year from oil, despite the US-led bombing campaign which was meant to break up the insurgency.

'This is where we must hit Daesh, in its lifeblood,' said French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, using the Arabic acronym for the group.