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  • Fire and Oil: The Collateral Environmental Damage of Airstrikes on ISIS Oil Facilities

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 13, 2016  //  By Wim Zwijnenburg & Annica Waleij

    As the United States, Russia, and others step up attacks on the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), there is concern over their direct and long-term environmental and public health impacts. Many air strikes have targeted lucrative oil installations under the control of ISIS, and these could have severe detrimental effects for Syria’s future, both environmentally and socio-economically. Questions around the effectiveness of these strikes, both from a military and political perspective, seem to be missing in the wider debate.

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