US Military Tankers Smuggle Crude Oil from Syria to Iraq

The US military used dozens of tanker trucks to smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Northeastern province of Hasakah to bases in neighboring Iraq, as Washington continues to ferociously loot energy resources in the war-torn country.

A convoy of 23 tankers, laden with oil from the energy-rich Jazira region, left Syria through the illegal Mahmoudiya border crossing on Saturday, and headed towards Iraqi territories, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported, citing local sources.

Another 34 US military tankers, loaded with Syrian crude oil, rumbled through Al-Waleed border crossing of Al-Ya'rubiyah region in separate convoys and entered the Iraqi territories.

The development came nearly a week after the US military smuggled a consignment of stolen Syrian oil into the Northern Iraqi region.

SANA reported that American occupation forces used 34 tankers to plunder the natural resources of the Arab country through the illegal Mahmoudiya crossing.

The US military has for long stationed its forces and equipment in Northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists.

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