The convoy was escorted by US-sponsored militants led by Kurds affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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US steals 53 Syrian oil tankers from Iraqi bases
US occupation forces and allied militants Dozens of tankers were used for oil smuggling from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to bases in neighboring Iraq.
This was reported by the official Syrian news agency SANA a convoy of 53 tankers loaded with stolen oil from the energy-rich region of Jazira, passed through the illegal Mahmudiya border crossing on Saturday and headed towards Iraqi areas.
SANA pointed this out The convoy was escorted by US-sponsored Kurdish-led militants Member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
On Friday, Syrian Minister of Oil and Minerals Bassam Tou’ma argued that the US military occupation of northern Syria the looting of nature reserves in the Arab country continuesand the cruel unilateral sanctions responsible for the immense suffering of the Syrian people.
Former US President Donald Trump approved multiple times that US troops were in the Arab country because of its oil wealth.
In December 2022, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized the deployment of US troops in Syria and their smuggling of oil and grain as illegal.
The Chinese diplomat cited official data from the Syrian government that US smuggling activities cost Syria more than $100 billion in losses between 2011 and the first half of 2022.