Damascus, September 25 (RHC)-- U.S.-led airstrikes are continuing in Syria for a third day. The latest bombings reportedly hit oil refineries controlled by the Islamic State in Syria’s east, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reportedly taking part.

In striking the refineries, the United States says it is going after one of the Islamic State’s main sources of funding. Airstrikes also hit the Syrian town of Kobani, where tens of thousands have fled an ISIS assault over the past week. According to sources on the ground, an earlier strike in Aleppo killed 70 fighters and eight civilians.

The ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in

Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria's northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly seizing vast expanse of land straddling the border between the two countries.