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U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously (www.telesurenglish.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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US occupying forces in northern Syria are continuing to plunder natural resources and farmland, a practice ongoing since 2011
Recently, US troops smuggled dozens of tanker trucks loaded with Syrian crude oil to their bases in Iraq.
The fuel and convoys of Syrian wheat were transported through the illegal settlement of Mahmoudia.
Witnesses report a caravan of 69 tankers loaded with oil and 45 with wheat stolen from silos in Yarubieh city.
Similar acts of looting occurred on the 19th of the month in the city of Hasakeh, where 45 tankers of Syrian oil were taken out by US forces.
Prior to the war and US invasion, Syria produced over 380 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, but this has drastically reduced to only 15 thousand barrels per day.
The country’s oil production now covers only five percent of its needs, with the remaining 95 percent imported amidst difficulties due to the US blockade.
The US and EU blockade prevents the entry of medicines, food, supplies, and impedes technological and industrial development in Syria.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Again, the US exploiting Syria for oil has been occurring since 2011. BBC has a decent article on Syrians oil production post-US intervention. but have your pick.

https://www.bbc.com/news/50464561

https://www.newsweek.com/syria-trump-stealing-oil-us-confirms-deal-1526589

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/30/774521472/if-u-s-takes-syrian-oil-it-may-violate-international-laws-against-pillage

https://www.voanews.com/a/extremism-watch_us-firm-secures-oil-deal-us-backed-forces-syria/6194040.html

https://www.newsweek.com/syria-first-message-biden-withdraw-troops-stop-stealing-oil-1563165

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221213-syria-regime-again-accuses-us-of-stealing-its-oil/

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN24Y0MI/

https://orinocotribune.com/us-steals-more-than-80-of-syrias-daily-oil-production/

https://english.news.cn/20220817/437cb1bd33ea40999cda96c521f31d21/c.html

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-military-still-stealing-oil-syria/5790752

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Those are all news sources that say Syria has accused the USA of stealing oil, or Trump saying it wouldn’t be a bad idea.

I could not find any sources (aside from the last two, of which I similarly question the validity and reliability) that corroborate the US military stealing oil directly from any Syrian entity, as the original source asserts.

So, no, it’s not “common knowledge” that this happens. It’s an assertion made by a geopolitical rival in the context of a very messy and complex conflict, and I dispute it. You have yet to provide any actual information supporting the claim, as does the Syrian government.

Saying things over and over again does not eventually make them true.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

No, your right. Syrian oil production plummeting after US occupation is actually just a coincidence. We also 100 percent invaded Iraq for WMDs. You're not going to find BBC, Reuters, or the Washington Post outright stating the disposition of US interventionism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

There’s an entire fucking civil war going on in Syria. Of course oil production is going to fall.

The invasion of Iraq is not a good comparison for the conflict in Syria. The geopolitical situation is different between 2003 and now. The USA exports significant amount of oil now. It imported it then.

Listen, the United States military has done plenty of terrible shit. It’s still happening, and it’s going to happen. But this suggestion that it’s just going out and hijacking tankers of crude oil and driving them to some random forward operating post and then refining it there or sending it to the black market somehow is just… rather far fetched.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Syrian oil production plummeted after ISIL took over most of the country during the civil war.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The first link to the BBC article shows production starting to drop in 2010-2011. The US didn't put boots on the ground in Syria until 2015, at which point production was nearly as low as it gets in that chart.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Trump has fucking bragged about it 😂 you libs are so shamelessly disingenous.