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WikiLeaks published on Monday a searchable archive of nearly 58,000 emails from the private email account of Berat Albayrak - Turkey's incumbent energy minister and son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – revealing the influence Albayrak has in Turkey and his correspondence regarding Powertrans, a company implicated in oil imports from ISIS-controlled oil fields.
The emails encompass 16 years between April 2000 and September 23, 2016. A search by the 'Powertrans' keyword in the published WikiLeaks emails returns 32 results, including emails sent to Albayrak regarding personnel and salary issues at Powertrans.
Turkey banned oil transportation by road or railway in or out of the country in November 2011, but included a provision in the same bill that it could revoke the ban in specific cases, such as meeting the needs of the military. The Turkish government later gave exclusive privilege to Powertrans for transit of oil, WikiLeaks says.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @11:16PM
Just some news articles about it http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/629409/Russian-jets-smash-ISIS-oil-tankers-after-spotting-12-000-head-for-Turkish-border [express.co.uk] http://www.globalresearch.ca/russia-counts-12000-turkey-bound-isis-oil-trucks-from-iraq-and-syria/5497998 [globalresearch.ca] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/russia-releases-fresh-footage-of-air-strikes-in-syria-claiming-to-hit-isis-oil-targets-a6787211.html [independent.co.uk]
So yep, it was possible to attack the trucks, and it was done. Not by West, but Russia.
As to why war around Syria, check the plans form oil pipes. Bashar Al-Assad said no to the USA one. And plays along with Russians, that want based in the east of Mediterranean Sea, better if not having to cross Bosphorus. So must be punished. Saddam and Gaddafi wanted to deal in Euro their oil exports, or unify Africa. Punished.