Business Insider | EU accuses Syrian man of buying IS oil for govt; he denies charge Reuters He told Reuters by phone that the European Union had no evidence to back up the claim and should instead look for intermediaries he said were smuggling oil to Turkey on Islamic State's behalf. Islamic State has seized much of eastern and northern Syria ... REVEALED: The oil middleman between the Syrian regime and ISIS EU sanctions target 'middleman' between Assad government, IS oil EU accuses Syrian man of buying IS oil for government |