U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously - Lemmy.World

- 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.