The looted fuel was sent to their bases in Iraq, through the illegal settlement of Mahmoudia.

  • 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.
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
    13·
    2 months ago

    I specifically linked to the 5 relevant minutes of the video where she explains in plain english why US is occupying Syria and stealing the resources.

        • nahuse@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          It’s a lazy argument that requires the other party to do a bunch of work to make your own point.

          You just linked a video that you don’t introduce, in a setting you don’t mention, and don’t discuss who the speaker is.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            11·
            2 months ago

            “No investigation no right to speak”

            You just linked a video that you don’t introduce, in a setting you don’t mention, and don’t discuss who the speaker is.

            🤡