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Al-Samaria television channel, reports, quoting a source, saying:

"Daesh (another name for ISIS) militants are searching the area in the Hit district, and have installed road patrols trying to find the person the group had nominated as responsible for security in the region."

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The terror group is reported to make an estimated £315million a year from oil production within its territory in Iraq and Syria.