Almost all of the oil produced in eastern Syria is being stolen by US troops in the region and their allies in the face of Kurdish paramilitary groups. This was stated by the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria Bassam Tuome, speaking at a meeting of the People's Council (Parliament) of the Arab Republic.
"Last year, oil production in Syria reached 89 thousand barrels per day. Of these, about 80 thousand barrels were stolen. That is, almost all the oil produced in the east of the country is stolen, "the Syrian newspaper Al-Watan quotes the minister as saying.
Under the actual control of the United States is the largest Syrian oil field "Al-Omar" in the province of Deir ez-Zor.
Syria earlier sent its first message to Joe Biden, calling on the new US president to withdraw troops from the Arab Republic and abandon attempts to illegally use its oil resources.
The Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, voiced this message during a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council.