Britain launches airstrikes against IS-controlled oil fields in Syria

Britain struck in the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send scouting aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants.

• Many of the oil fields had been hit by the U.S. led Operation Inherent Resolve, Britain chose a target with low risk of security damage in Syria.
• Russia is also bombing Syria outside the U.S.-led coalition. Moscow supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while the United States and its associates are against him.

IS(Islamic State):

The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it detained large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become dishonorable for its brutality, including mass killings, abductions and executions.

Leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi