US Military Deploys Reinforcements to Its Occupied Bases near Syria Oil Fields
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US military has sent troops to the sites it has captured near the oil fields in eastern Syria, days after they were hit by rockets again, local Syrian sources said.
"American forces based in Iraq sent military reinforcements consisting of 30 trucks carrying armored vehicles, tanks and bulldozers," according to sources cited in a report published by Turkey's Anadolu state news agency on Friday.
Two American helicopters accompanied the military escorts overhead, along with US-backed Kurdish militias affiliated with the PKK and YPG terrorist groups, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
They further mentioned that the reinforcements brought boxes containing ammunition and rockets.
According to the source, the military reinforcements arrived in Syria on Thursday from US military bases in Iraq, arriving in Al-Hasakah and then moved to the Al-Omar oil field in Syria's eastern Deir Ez-Zur province.
According to the source, over ten rockets were fired towards US bases last week from al-Mayadin, Syria, where local anti-terrorist resistance fighters are stationed.
It went on to say that in the area, US-led forces struck suspected rocket launch facilities near al-Mayadin.
According to a Sabereen News channel affiliated with Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a military complex holding US occupation forces in the al-Omar oil fields in Deir Ez-Zur came under rocket attack from adjacent areas the day before.
The latest rocket attack also marked a sharp rise in targeting US-run bases in Syria’s oil-rich eastern regions in recent months.
Last December, local sources also reported that four successive explosions were heard after several rockets targeted the US military base at al-Omar oil field.
The US military has illegally stationed forces and equipment in eastern and northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oil fields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.
The Syrian government, however, insists the unlawful deployment is intended to plunder the country’s resources.
Former US president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in Syria for its oil.
Washington has stepped up its economic war against the Arab country after failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with massive assistance from its Western European, NATO and Arab allies, along with their proxy forces, including Daesh and various other terrorist groups.