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US helicopters transport weapons, logistic material from Iraq to Syria’s Hasakah: Report

Saturday, 10 April 2021 3:48 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 10 April 2021 3:48 PM ]

A soldier sits atop a US military vehicle, part of a convoy arriving from northern Iraq, driving through the countryside of the Syrian northeastern city of Qamishli on October 26, 2019. (File photo by AFP)

US helicopters have transported equipment, weapons, and logistic materials from northern Iraq to Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, Syria’s state media says.

Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing special sources, reported on Saturday that the transport choppers, carrying logistic materials, weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies, headed toward a US military base in the city of al-Shaddadi in southern parts of Hasakah.

The unnamed sources further told SANA that the containers were later transported by a number of military vehicles to private warehouses under tight protection.

Separately on Saturday, the US forces sent a fresh convoy of vehicles, tanks, and trucks from their bases in Syria’s al-Jazirah region to Iraqi territories via the al-Walid border crossing, SANA added.

The US military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the troops' deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists. Damascus, however, says the deployment is meant to plunder the country's resources.

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The US first confirmed its looting of Syrian oil during a Senate hearing exchange between South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in July last year.

During his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pompeo confirmed for the first time that an American oil company would begin work in northeastern Syria, which is controlled by militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The Syrian government strongly condemned the agreement, saying that the deal was struck to plunder the country's natural resources, including oil and gas.

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