A senior Russian military official claimed that the U.S. was using insurgents to sabotage Syrian government oil and gas facilities while looting such natural resources from areas under the control of
A senior Russian military official has accused the United States of stealing oil from parts of Syria held by allied insurgents and of using the revenue to sabotage the war-torn country's government.
He argued that these companies had"organized the production and sale of Syrian oil from the Conaco, Al-Omar and Tanak oilfields located east of the Euphrates River" as part of"a criminal scheme" to"loot the national wealth of Syria." Much of these proceeds were said to be"spent on maintaining illegal armed groups, bribing the sheiks of Arab tribal unions and fomenting anti-government sentiments.
In the years since, both sides have managed to largely defeat ISIS, but have accused one another of making the situation in Syria worse by perpetrating human rights abuses. Russia has also charged the U.S. with actively supporting some militant groups in order to prevent the Syrian government restoring stability to parts of the country and to maintain control of natural resources once held by ISIS.
Though the Syrian Democratic Forces declared victory against ISIS in March, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News Channel last week that there was still"a handful" of the jihadis left in Syria, and some"moving around in Iraq" as well. The Syrian government declared victory against ISIS in November and its Iraqi counterpart did so the following month, though sporadic attacks have continued in both countries.
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