by ZeroHedge Staff at ZeroHedge
Chinese state media is reporting based on Syrian war monitors that the Pentagon has expanded its presence inside Syria by establishing a new hub of operations in the northeastern province of Hasakah this past weekend.
“The new military base was set up in the village of Naqara, 3 km southwest of the city of Qamishli in Hasakah province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights” – as cited in Xinhua.
The biggest, and main US base in Hasakeh province remains at Syria’s al-Omar oil fields, which is a legacy of the Trump administration’s “secure the oil” policy. While President Joe Biden has rejected this overt rhetoric focused taking energy resources, the past month witnessed multiple alleged instances of coalition forces ferrying oil across the Iraq border in tanker trucks.
As we detailed earlier of an August statement from Syria’s oil ministry:…
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