US moves equip. from Iraqi Kurdistan to Syria fortifying occupation

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
23 Jul 2023 16:35
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As part of a larger action plan, the US occupation forces in Syria receive a 20 truck convoy carrying logistic equipment.

In this October 26, 2019 file photo, US military convoy drives in the town of Al Qamishli, northern Syria, by a poster depicting Syrian President Bashar Aassad. (AP)

As part of the reinforcement of its occupation of Syria's territories and oil fields, the US occupation breached, on Saturday, the Syrian-Iraqi border with a truck convoy carrying logistical equipment, Sputnik reported.

In the report, Sputnik's correspondent said that "as part of the intensification of the US army's operations to bring military reinforcements to its illegal bases in eastern Syria, today, Saturday, a new military convoy entered into the Syrian territory through the illegal land crossing of "Al-Walid", coming from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, which coincides with the intensification of its military training."

Local sources in al-Hasakah told Sputnik that the convoy included 20 trucks transporting logistical materials, closed boxes, and cement blocks. The convoy was moving toward US occupation bases in the province.

Earlier, on July 19, the US occupation had also brought into US-occupied Syrian territories, through the Al-Walid border, new military reinforcements. The convoy also came from the Kurdistan region of Iraq. At the time, the convoy included 30 trucks that were carrying logistical materials, fuel tanks and packed boxes.

The convoys were unloaded in occupied Syrian territory-turned US military base in the Al-Jibsah oil fields in the city of Al-Shadadi.

Syrians between Turkish anvil, US hammer: MoF

In a statement released on July 19, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the cutting of the water supply of more than a million Syrians in the city of Al Hasakah and its surroundings: describing it as a "crime against humanity".

The statement reads: "This represents a serious threat to public health, especially in light of the unprecedented heat wave which has struck the region. Water is being used as a weapon of war and a tool to achieve political ends."

"The people of the city of Hasakah and its surroundings are stuck between the anvil of the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries of terrorist gangs, and the hammer of the American occupation and its separatist stooges, who continue to cut off drinking water from the city and all the populated areas that extend along the water pipeline connecting Alouk station, eastern Al Hasakah."

The ministry also called on the UN to act decisively and effectively to stop this mass violation of the conventions and norms of international law, also stressing the need to ensure the resumption of pumping water "at full speed", and to enable technical teams to supervise its work and operation, which ensures that the people of Al Hasakah have access to drinking water.