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Parallel to the new U.S. administration under Joe Biden taking office, terrorist attacks in Syria's north have increased
A large US military convoy entered northeastern Syria on Thursday, Syrian state news agency SANA reports, citing sources on the ground.
According to the report, the convoy included some 40 trucks and armored vehicles and was backed from the air by helicopters.
At the same time, SANA also reports that some 200 US troops arrived in the Hasakeh province on helicopters.
According to the report, the troops are set to deploy on the nearby oilfields, with Kurdish-controlled eastern Syria rich in energy resources.
In late 2020, then-US President Donald Trump ordered US troops withdrawn from the area to redeploy to Iraq.
originally posted by: CharlesT
a reply to: xuenchen
I don't believe that to be the case here. The key to pumping oil up through Turkey and into western Europe is through north east Syria. Whoever controls north east Syria controls access to a pipeline.
for either Saudi, UAE Kuwait or even Iran.
The US Army has sent 70 trucks to Syria through the al-Waleed border crossing with Iraq, local sources said Friday. The convoy, including 12 armored vehicles, trucks with essential supplies, and several fuel tankers, went to US bases in Syria’s Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zour provinces on Thursday, according to the sources, who requested anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.