Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

US offers USD 5 mln reward for info. about ISIL trade


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The US offered a reward up to USD 5 million on Tuesday for information that will disrupt the trade of oil and trafficking of antiquities that benefit the terrorist group of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known by its Arabic acronym as Daesh.
"Through its illicit oil operations and trafficking in looted archaeological material from Syria and Iraq, ISIL has generated millions of dollars in hard currency, enabling it to brutalize and oppress innocent civilians," affirmed a State Department statement.
The State Department expects the reward will encourage individuals to come forward with information regarding persons or entities engaged in production, facilitation, processing, smuggling, distribution, and sale, the statement addressed.


Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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