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US military dispatches over 50 trucks to oil-rich Hasakah in northeastern Syria: Report

Thursday, 17 June 2021 5:17 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 17 June 2021 5:36 PM ]

This file picture shows US soldiers on patrol near oil fields in northeastern Syria. (Photo by AFP)

Amid Washington’s attempts to further loot oil reserves and natural resources in Syria, the United States military has dispatched truckloads of ammunition and logistical equipment to the Arab country’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that a convoy of 55 trucks, including oil tankers and trailers, crossed the Waleed border crossing on Thursday and headed toward US positions in the province.

The development comes only a few days after 33 US military vehicles, carrying munitions as well as logistical equipment, rumbled through the same border crossing from Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and entered Syrian territories.

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Officials also say the stepped-up smuggling of strategic Syrian resources is the latest inhumane tactic using people's basic needs as a tool to pressure the government.

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