U.S. Smuggles Three Dozen Oil Tankers Out of Syria

Date: 25 September 2020 - 22:15

News ID: ۸۳۱۶۲

DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – A convoy of 35 tanker trucks from the Jazira region of northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah has made its way out of the country into northern Iraq, SANA news agency has reported, citing local sources.
Along with the illegal export of Syrian oil, U.S. troops were said to have brought six military vehicles carrying 50 troops from Iraq into Syria, with the troops beefing up the illegal U.S. presence at the makeshift Kharab al-Jeer airport in northeastern Hasakah.
The smuggler comes a few days after another U.S. convoy, consisting of 30 tanker trucks laden with stolen Syrian oil, left the war-stricken country and sneaked into neighboring Iraq.
The U.S. looting of Syrian oil was fist confirmed during a Senate hearing exchange between South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in late July.
Graham said Mazloum Abdi, general commander of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), had informed him that a deal had been signed with an American firm to "modernize the oil fields in northeastern Syria”.
Damascus condemned in the strongest terms the agreement inked to plunder Syria’s natural resources, including Syrian oil and gas, under the sponsorship and support of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jafari said at the time that the Delaware-based Delta Crescent Energy company had "entered into a contract with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, an agent of the U.S. occupation forces in northeastern Syria, with the aim of stealing Syrian oil and depriving the Syrian state and Syrian people of the basic revenues necessary to improve the humanitarian situation, provide for livelihood needs and reconstruction.”
Meanwhile, people in northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah organized a protest rally to denounce U.S.’ coercive economic measures against their country while demanding expulsion of both U.S. and Turkish occupying forces.
According to Syria’s official news agency SANA, the latest rally on Thursday, which was held in village of Tal Sateeh near the city of Qamishli in northeastern province of Hasakah, demanded action against the "American occupiers” and the U.S.-backed mercenaries as well as the Turkish-backed militants.
The Syrian protesters also voiced their determination to liberate all Syrian territories from occupation of foreign forces and terrorist groups.
The participants stressed their resolve to extend moral and material support to the Syrian government forces and popular resistance until the full expulsion of foreign-backed militants.
They also hailed the achievements of the Syrian Armed Forces on the battlefield against foreign-backed militant groups across various parts of the country.