Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
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Opinion: Assad Or Trump... Who Wins Oil Battle of Syria?


Sat 18 Apr 2020 | 12:25 AM
Nawal Sayed

While the government of Syria is busy with combating the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the United States of America and its regional allies conspire against the Syrian state and trying to consolidate its control over the oil fields east of the Euphrates, and plan to facilitate their theft with the help of local mercenary forces.

The CIA has opened registration and training offices in al-Hasakah to recruit some elements from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) organization in exchange for $350 as a monthly salary for the purpose of guarding Syrian oil wells and protecting the oil carriers that conduct smuggling to neighboring countries, especially the Kurdistan region of Iraq and some other brokers, including representatives of Israeli companies.

In various occasions, US President Donald Trump repeatedly disclosed his happiness in controlling the Syrian oil and gas wells.

It’s only that, but he also reaffirmed more than once that his government would steal the benefits of these wells, consider them as spoils of war, and offer some of them to its Kurdish allies, and the Syrian Democratic Forces in particular.

The history of the Syrian Arab Army is full of victories and successes and there is no doubt that it will win this battle against Trump and his regional allies.

It’s only a matter of of priorities. The Syrian government is giving a great attention to the coronavirus pandemic crisis.

Syria, under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, succeed to recover 80 percent of the Syrian territories from more than 65 countries led by the United States.

No one can forget famous statements given by Trump last November when he stated that he expected his country to earn millions of dollars every month in oil revenues in Syria as long as U.S. forces remain there.

As a response, Syria’s Assad responded by accusing the United States of "stealing oil" from his country. Russia, the main supporter of President Assad, said this was called an "international banditry.”