Pres. Trump touted the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in his State of the Union address. A Pentagon report released today assessed his death last year did not disrupt the group’s command structure or operations.
The withdrawal changed in scope after Trump said hundreds of U.S. forces wouldto prevent ISIS from regaining access to key oil fields in Kurdish held areas from which the terror group might gain revenue for its operations.
In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.According to the Treasury Department's analysis included in the IG report, ISIS"continues to generate revenue by extorting oil smuggling networks in northeastern Syria."
"It assesses these revenues are small compared with the group’s other main sources of income: kidnapping for ransom, extortion, and looting and the use of front companies," according to Treasury officials.The Treasury said that ISIS continues to"have access to financial reserves in the hundreds of millions of dollars even as it works to rebuild its significantly reduced fundraising networks.
They added,"ISIS primarily uses cash couriers, called hawaladars, and money services businesses to move funds within and out of Syria and Iraq."
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