Jihadists sell Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen

The jihadist Islamic State is selling oil and liquid gas products extracted from fields under its control in Syria to Iraqi businessmen across the border...IS has captured large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, including all of oil-rich Deir Ezzor province's oil fields in eastern Syria. "Trucks with Iraqi number plates have in the past few days travelled to Deir Ezzor's oil fields from Iraq, to fill up and transport oil towards western Iraq," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights..."These trucks belong to Iraqi businessmen who came (to Syria) to buy oil from fields under IS control." "Each barrel of oil is sold to Iraqi businessmen for $20 to $40,"... The Observatory said the IS was also selling oil to Syrians living in areas under their control for $12 to $18, "to draw the support of the local population." Months into the conflict, jihadists started pouring into Syria. They have been accused of committing some of the war's worst atrocities.