US Army personnel transported at least 35 tanker trucks loaded with Syrian oil from Syria to neighboring Iraq. The agency reported TO YOU with reference to sources.
It was noted that the related convoy crossed the Walid border gate on the border of Syria and Iraq and headed for the US-controlled bases in Northern Iraq.
It was stated that the convoy was accompanied by Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 2023 published a statement calling on the international community to end the systematic looting of its natural resources by the United States and its paramilitary forces. The document emphasizes that “the plundering of natural resources belonging to the Syrian people is against international humanitarian law and leads to the impoverishment and suffering of the citizens.”
Alexei Pushkov, former member of the Federation Council suggestedThat all goals of the presence of American troops in Syria, which Washington has declared are untenable.