Air Strike on ISIS-Run Oil Refinery in Syria Kills 30 + Video

Mon Mar 9, 2015 16:25:14

Airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Sunday night hit a Syrian oil refinery held by the ISIS group, according to activists.

Activists said the strikes targeted a refinery near the Turkish-Syrian border outside the town of Tel Abyad.

A video from the Turkish DHA news agency showed the strikes, which saw an enormous fireball engulf the refinery.

footage was filmed from the Turkish side of the border in the Akcakale district of Sanliurfa province.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimated the strikes killed about 30 people.

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