Syrian Troops Expel US Forces from Village in Oil-Rich Hasakah
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian military forces blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through a community in northern oil-rich Hasakah province.
Amid an increasing public rage over the presence of American occupation forces, Syrian army troops stationed at a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of al-Damkhiyah on Friday intercepted and expelled a US convoy of five armored vehicles, according to the official news agency of Syria (SANA). The convoy was forced to turn around and return in the direction it had come from.
The information was released just two days after locals in the Syrian province's al-Buladiyah town stopped a US military convoy from passing through their neighborhoods.
At the time, SANA said that the villagers hurled rocks at the American convoy of six armored cars and shouted abusive chants against the US occupation forces.
Separately, tribal elders and influential figures in the predominantly Kurdish-populated city of Qamishli held a meeting on Friday to denounce the presence of US and Turkish occupation forces in the region, and voiced rejection of their arbitrary measures.
“The presence of American troops in the area is aimed at looting Syria’s natural resources, and depriving the nation of their proceeds. Such a deployment is meant to serve the interests of the Israeli enemy, undermine public peace, and sow the seeds of division and discord people from various sects of the society,” they said in a statement.
“We reiterate our dismissal of all anti-government gatherings, and any assembly which has not placed confronting American and Turkish occupiers high on its agenda,” the statement added.
The tribal elders and local dignitaries also demanded unity among all Syrians and urged people to throw their weight behind Syrian government troops as they fight off the seditious plots of US and Turkish forces against the Arab country.
The US military has for long stationed its forces and equipment in 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 (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists.
Damascus, however, maintains the deployment is meant to plunder the country’s natural resources. Former US president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in the Arab country for its oil wealth.
