Greedy ISIS plot attacks on oil wells in bid for more cash

The depraved death cult, also known as Daesh, has frequently attacked Libyan oil fields in recent months.

But it is yet to have complete control over any site.

However Libyan officials have claimed that oil production has not been affected.

Oil official at Wafa field in east Libya Mohamed al-Manfi said the site has been completely evacuated with fields in Tibesti and Bayda being partially cleared.

Security sources revealed militant forces have seized control of oil ports in Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.

Earlier this month five members of Petroleum Facilities Guard were killed in a sickening attack by suspected ISIS fighters.

Oil production in the beleaguered country has severely dropped in recent years with it producing less than one fifth of the 1.6million barrels per day it was creating before 2011.

The news comes as the US carried out 24 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

One strike near Raqqa in Syria destroyed two Islamic State oil pump jacks, officials said.

(dailystar.co.uk)