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Washington (CNN) -- U.S. and coalition warplanes
pounded ISIS positions in eastern Syria on Wednesday, targeting what a
Pentagon official described as mobile oil refineries being used by the
so-called Islamic State terror group.
The latest round of
airstrikes were aimed at cutting off money flowing to ISIS, which makes
up to $2 million a day from oil produced by the refineries, Navy Rear
Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, told CNN.
Fighter jets from Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates flew alongside U.S. aircraft during
the operation, hitting 12 locations, Kirby said.
The airstrikes came just
hours after U.S. President Barack Obama called for united action to
confront ISIS, also referred to as ISIL.
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