The report indicates that the US military, along with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), looted large quantities of wheat from the Al-Jazeera region and transported it towards the Al-Waleed border crossing, where it entered Iraq on 18 June.
The report noted that this was not the only convoy filled with stolen goods led by the US military. Another convoy with 36 vehicles, filled with stolen Syrian wheat, crossed Al-Waleed border from the Tal Hamis area.
The US recently deployed military and logistical equipment in nearby Hasakah, Syria.
Damascus considers US presence in northeastern Syria a means of stealing Syrian resources.
US troops also use the Al-Waleed crossing to transfer stolen oil derivatives into Iraq. On 14 May, a US military convoy of 70 oil tankers filled with smuggled fuel crossed the border into Iraq. A day earlier, 46 US vehicles were reportedly transferred out of Syria through the same border crossing.
US troops and the SDF are in control of most of the oil fields in Hasakah and Deir Ezzor and have been regularly smuggling Syrian oil out of the country to sell it abroad.
Dozens of similar US convoys have been reported over the last year and a half. On 18 December 2021, nearly one hundred oil tankers were smuggled into northern Iraq through the same illegal crossing.
On 10 January, Syrian media reported that the US occupation and one of its various armed groups set up a refinery to process stolen oil in the town of Rmelan in Hasakah governorate.
The US military routinely smuggles Syrian oil into northern Iraq, in a move that is both in violation of international law and as routine practice that shows how deeply entrenched the US is in its occupation of both nations.
The theft of Syrian food and fuel supplies is taking place amid a global food and fuel crisis.
Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen are already dealing with severe economic and food crises.
Once a major wheat producer, Syria is now facing food shortages. The western-backed war on Syria as well as a recent drought has made Syria more dependent on Russian wheat.
In a 15 March investigation by The Cradle, analyst Lรฉa Azzi highlighted the current situation facing the Levantine nation.
"The Syrian Republic is by no means the only country in West Asia whose food security and living standards are under threat by the implications of Russia's war with Ukraine. These states will also be inflicted with the burden of rising oil and gas prices which directly increase the cost of shipping, manufacturing, and general prices of goods and services. These in turn will add further strain to families faced with reduced purchasing power.Just weeks after the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, Kiev banned the exports of rye, barley, buckwheat, millet, sugar, salt and meat until the end of the year.
"Syria was the only Arab state which was self-reliant in wheat production, and once had the most productive agricultural system in all of West Asia."
Western sanctions imposed on Moscow have led to major disruptions in the supply chain, and most countries now face harsh penalties if they continue to do business with Russia, the world's largest supplier of wheat and major producer of fertilizers.
Reader Comments
And then come to think about it, how about apply that logic to other places.
It is amazing how quickly things would get better for just about everybody cepting Israel and that place can rot in hell for all I care.
I hope countries and nations are more aware at that point if such events transpire. I hope they don't allow another country to assume the vacated role if the U.S. drowns in its ego.
Russian soldiers an US are actually head to head in syria, the NAZI US are on rotation, some have been killed, some missing,
the US familys havent been told, its all bullshit whats going on,
"mam, your son was killed in action, defending his country, thank you for your service", when actually,
"mam, your son was killed in syria for raping women and stealing the countrys resources to sell on the black market, ok, now you been told, good evening"..
the entire US gov basically need to go, those in the pentagon an congress an Nazi affiliated CIA,, especially nazi dog fauci, all need to go, the worlds in desperate pain because of the existence of that, these evil bastards have become..
honestly, one doesnt need to be religious but these people in these places, are heading to far more horrid places when they return home back to spirit.. an this a fact!!, plus being forever haunted, an tormented by those they killed off in this life experience.
Anyone ever realize that the Viet Nam 'war' had nothing to do with a north and south Viet Nam! That story was concocted by the US out of whole cloth and sold via the 'media'.
There was always ONE country. It was just that the US had invaded the south, so therefore the north became the bad guys. They didn't like the US invading their country and fought back.
But in all actuality, the Viet Nam 'war' was only and ever about drug smuggling certainly not a threat of communism. Once Castro got in, in Cuba, he refused to be a drug smuggling point and so he was demonized - and demonetized. It was always about the drug triangle....and Viet Nam became a shipping point. Probably still is today.
.... and some 30K + kids later and people still think it had something to do with 'spreadin freeedum 'n dimocricy'. Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever.
Atty Danny Sheehan exposed that little lie....along with several others
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