The United Arab Emirates' F-16 fighter jets have hit oil refineries controlled by the ISIL terror group, state media reports.
The warplanes targeted oil refineries held by “the Daesh (ISIL) organization, with the aim of drying up its sources of finance,” said the state news agency WAM on Monday, using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group.
According to the agency, the aircraft, based in Jordan, returned unharmed. However, it declined to reveal the location of the targets.
Similar air raids are said to have taken place on February 10 and February 12.
Also on Monday, Jordanian Information Minister Mohammad al-Momani said Bahrain has deployed a number of fighter jets to his country to aid Amman in the fight against the militanti group.
“This move highlights the brotherly ties between Jordan and Bahrain,” AFP quoted him as saying.
Since late September 2014, the US and some of its Arab allies have been conducting airstrikes against the ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
The US-led coalition’s airstrikes have also hit Syrian infrastructure. The coalition has also attacked the provinces where the ISIL militants are not active.
Washington and its allies have been staunch supporters of the terrorists fighting against the Syrian government since March 2011.
The ISIL terrorists currently control large areas of Iraq and Syria.
