AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Amid smoldering public resentment over the deployment of American occupation forces in northeastern Syria, government troops have blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through a community in the northern flank of the energy-rich province of Hasakah.
According to a report published by Syria’s official news agency SANA, Syrian army troops, deployed at a security checkpoint near the village of al-Dirdara, intercepted the convoy of five armored vehicles on Tuesday evening.
The American troops were subsequently forced to turn around and go back in the direction they came from. There were no reports of clashes or injuries.
On December 16, a US convoy of five US military vehicles, escorted by a vehicle belonging to US-backed Kurdish militants affiliated with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was forced to retreat after locals of the villages of al-Damkhiya and Abu Dhuwail in the same Syrian province blocked a road, and prevented its movement.
The US military has stationed forces and equipment in eastern and northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.
Damascus, however, says the unlawful deployment is meant to plunder the country’s resources.
Former US president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in Syria for its oil.
After failing to oust the Syrian government with the help of its proxies and direct involvement in the conflict, the US government has now stepped up its economic war on the Arab country.
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29 December 2021 - 09:17
News ID: 1213478
Amid smoldering public resentment over the deployment of American occupation forces in northeastern Syria, government troops have blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through a community in the northern flank of the energy-rich province of Hasakah.
