Celebration in Syria -- as amateur video appears to show Islamist rebels capturing a major oil field in the country's east.<br/> <br />The raid cuts off access to some of Syria's local crude reserves and could force the government to rely only on imported oil.<br/> <br />The storming of the al-Omar oil field began overnight in the Deir al-Zor region.<br/> <br />The oil field sits east of the Euphrates River, in a region bordering Iraq.<br/> <br />This rebel move included divisions of four different Islamist groups, according to the video.<br/> <br />Reuters cannot independently verify the video, which was obtained from a social media website.<br/> <br />It's not yet clear how much the loss of the oil field would affect the government or its battlefield abilities.
