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US occupation forces smuggle new batch of stolen Syrian oil into Iraq

Wednesday, 12 April 2023 7:54 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 8:09 AM ]

The file photo shows an American armored vehicle passing by a pumpjack in Syria.

US occupation forces have smuggled a new consignment of stolen Syrian oil into their bases on Iraqi soil, as the looting of Syrian natural resources continues.

Citing local sources in the town of al-Ya'rubiyah, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported on Tuesday that a US convoy of 77 vehicles, carrying 32 tankers loaded with plundered Syrian oil, left Hasakah Province through the illegal Al-Waleed crossing with Iraq.

The convoy, the report added, was escorted by six military armored vehicles.

Last month, American troops looted 80 tankers of crude from Syria’s al-Jazeera oil fields and transferred them to their bases in Iraq.

Since March 2011, Syria has been gripped by a campaign of militancy and destruction sponsored by the US and its allies.

In recent years, however, Syrian government forces, backed by Russia and Iran, have managed to win back control of almost all regions from terrorist groups.

The US military has stationed its forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oil fields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.

Damascus maintains that the deployment is meant to plunder Syria’s natural resources. Former US President Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in the Arab country for its oil wealth.

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