DAMASCUS (MEMO) – The U.S. has dispatched military reinforcements to its bases in the oil fields in eastern Syria, local sources have told Anadolu Agency.
“American forces based in Iraq sent military reinforcements consisting of 30 trucks carrying armored vehicles, tanks and bulldozers,” the sources shared.
They also said that the reinforcements included boxes expected to hold munitions and rockets.
According to the source, who refused to disclose his name, two helicopters escorted the military reinforcements from the air as well as members from the YPG/PKK terror group.
The military reinforcements from U.S. bases in Iraq entered Syria on Thursday, arriving in al-Hasakah, and then travelled to al-Omar oil field in the Dayr al-Zawr governorate.
Last week, around ten rockets were fired from al-Mayadin. A military facility housing U.S. occupation forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr came under attack with rockets fired from nearby areas.
Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), reported that several projectiles slammed into base at the U.S.-occupied al-Omar oil field.
There has been a rise in such attacks on U.S.-run bases in Syria’s oil-rich eastern regions in recent months.
Back on December 13 last year, local sources told the Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency that four successive explosions were heard after several rockets targeted the U.S. military base at al-Omar oil field.
The U.S. military has stationed forces and equipment in eastern and 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, however, says the unlawful deployment is meant to plunder the country’s resources.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in Syria for its oil.