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UNITED States occupying forces continued the plunder of Syria’s natural resources over the weekend as a convoy of at least 40 tankers smuggled oil into Iraq via an illegal border crossing, Syrian authorities charge.
“The US occupation forces have transported tanker trucks loaded with stolen oil and vehicles carrying military equipment from al-Jazeera region [of Hasakah province] towards the Iraqi territory,” the Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Saturday.
The crude oil had been extracted from oil wells occupied by US forces in the region which is controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the report said.
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