Syrians tell CMG about fear of speaking out over 'U.S. oil theft'
2023-06-17 16:07:19 source：CGTN
June 16, 2023
A reporter from China Media Group (CMG) recently interviewed an informant in the oil-producing region of northeastern Syria who explained the process by which he claimed Syrian oil is stolen by U.S. forces.
For a long time, the U.S. military has collaborated with local opposition armed groups, transporting dozens of oil tanker carrying stolen oil out of the country almost every day, the informant said. "Under the high-pressure control of the U.S. military and opposition armed groups, local residents dare not speak out," he added.
More than 80 percent of Syria's daily oil production was illegally smuggled by the U.S. military in the first half of 2022, according to the Syrian government.
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