isil to the highest level since the start of our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isil s operations, we ve intensified the air campaign against isil s war sustaining oil enterprise, a critical pillar of isil s financial infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facilities like wells and processing facilities, we ve destroyed nearly 400 of isil s oil tanker trucks, reducing a major source of its daily revenues. there s more to come, too. we re also improving our capability to eliminate isil s leadership. since i last appeared before this committee in late october, we have removed two more key isil figures from the battlefield, namely jihadi john, a an isil executioner, an abu nabil, isil s leader in libya.
significantly increase our airstrikes against isil to the highest level since the start our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isil s operations, we intensified the air campaign against the oil enterprise, a critical pillar of the infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facility, we destroyed nearly 400 of isil s oil force reducing a source of it daily revenues. we are also improving our capability to eliminate isil s
increase our airstrikes against isil. to the highest level since the start of our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isil s operations, we ve intensified the air campaign against isil s war-sustaining oil enterprise, a critical pillar of isil s financial infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facilities like wells and processing facilities, we ve destroyed nearly 400 of isil s oil tanker trucks, reducing a major source of its daily revenues. there s more to come, too. we re also improving our capability to eliminate isil s leadership. since i last appeared before this committee in late october, we have removed two more key isil figures from the battlefield, namely jihadi john, an isil executioner, and abu