Fuel costs spike in Mosul after coalition strikes on IS oil hub
Prices of basic fuels have risen by up to 80 percent and quality has plummeted after a June 6 airstrike crippled IS’s import network of road tankers. US officials say the "best" third of the IS oil sector has now been destroyed.
An oil tanker on the Syria-Iraq border moments before it's bombed by U.S. airstrikes on Nov. 16, 2015, as seen from this still from a video released by the Pentagon. (Source: Operation Inherent Resolve press office)
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