Those are all assessments of the Treasury Department, which is highlighting its expanded efforts to cut offISIS’s funding as part of the broader war against the terrorist group. As explained by David Cohen, the department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, the targeting ofISIS’s money stream is both harder and easier than similar efforts against al-Qaeda.
Cohen’s detailed account of the department’s findings come as the U.S.-led military campaign against ISIScontinues, and he said there were indications that ongoing airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have begun to “hamper its ability” to generate revenue from oil smuggling.
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