US releases video of strikes in Syria

The U-S military has released footage and still images showing airstrikes targeting the positions held by Takfiri ISIL terrorists in Syria.

The airstrikes were reportedly carried out by US, Saudi and Emirati fighter jets and targeted ISIL-held positions and refineries in Syria.

One of the videos shows the pounding of the Mayadin Modular Refinery and the Jeribe West Modular Refinery. Another shows a compound believed to belong to the ISIL, coming under an aerial attack.

The Takfiri ISIL group has been selling oil from Syrian refineries on the black market to finance its terrorist activities.

The US-led bombing campaign in Syria occurs without a mandate by the UN or the permission of the Syrian government. Damascus has, however, announced that it was informed of the aerial campaign. Most observers believe that the illegal airstrikes flagrantly violate international law as well as the sovereignty of Syria.

The US and its Arab allies began pounding ISIL positions in Syria on Tuesday, following a similar and ongoing campaign in Iraq, where the ISIL is also carrying out terrorist activities.

On Thursday, foreign-backed opposition group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five civilians, including one child, had been killed in the US-led airstrikes on ISIL positions in northeastern Hasakeh.

The ISIL terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have carried out heinous crimes in the two countries, including mass executions and beheadings of people.

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