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US bases extracting, smuggling Syrian oil: Russian envoy to UN

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 8 Aug 2024 21:48
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US military bases in Syria are being used to extract and smuggle Syrian oil, according to Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polanski.

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    Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, speaks to members of the media before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polanski stated on Thursday that US military bases in Syria are being utilized to extract and smuggle Syrian oil.

"US military bases built in Syria as a result of the West's aggression against this country are used inter alia to pump out and smuggle Syrian oil - essentially to steal it," Polyanskiy said during a UN meeting on terrorism.

Polanskiy added that the areas seized and occupied by the US military have resulted in the creation of a "real terrorist ghetto" around their bases.

"The situation in these places is nothing but a humanitarian and food crisis," he further said.

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The US has been for years supporting the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias, and the US-backed forces are currently occupying parts of the provinces of al-Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, and Raqqa, where the largest Syrian oil and gas fields are located.

With the assistance of these groups, the US frequently loots Syrian oil and transports it to neighboring bases located in Iraq. 

On May 16, the US-led coalition began a new repositioning process in Syria, roughly two and a half years after former President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, which he later retracted and deployed instead his oil-thirsty occupation forces in areas where oil and gas fields are found. 

Syrian civilians have long been resisting the US occupation of their country, with locals preventing US military convoys from entering their cities and villages all over Syria.

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