Oil extraction from fields controlled by ISIL has stopped in the province of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria after US-led strikes targeted refineries, activists told AFP on Friday.

Oil extraction from fields controlled by ISIL has stopped in the province of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria after US-led strikes targeted refineries, activists told AFP on Friday.

Oil extraction has been halted because of the security situation, media reports asserted.