Russia’s defence ministry officials displayed satellite images on Wednesday which they said showed columns… Islamic State militants are engaged in oil trading worth as much as $40 million a month with significant volumes sold to the government of President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way across the border into Turkey, senior U.S. Treasury official Adam Szubin said on Thursday. “ISIL is selling a great deal of oil to the Assad regime,” Szubin, acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence with the U.S. Treasury, said at Chatham House in London. “The two are trying to slaughter each other and they are still engaged in millions and millions of dollars of trade.” “The volumes we are talking about and the amounts of money […]