Syria: The US military steals 83% of Syria's daily oil production every day Chinese Foreign Ministry: It is really a banditry

Since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, U.
S.
military intervention has caused at least 350,000 deaths, displaced more than 12 million people, and according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 70 percent of Syrian refugees live in poverty, and the Syrian refugee problem has been called "the biggest refugee crisis of our time"
by the United Nations.

The United States, which has plagued the Middle East and caused endless pain to Syrians, has "harvested" itself
.

According to the Syrian News Agency, on the 11th local time, the illegal US troops stationed in Syria used 144 tanker trucks, full of oil stolen from northeast Syria, to go to Iraq
through the illegal crossing point in the northeast of Hasakah Province.
It is understood that this is the third time that the illegal US troops stationed in Syria this month have smuggled Syrian oil
.

The US military illegally transported 89 tanker trucks from Syria to Iraq on the 13th Source: Russian Satellite News Agency

The Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources issued a statement on the 9th of this month accusing the US military of stealing Syrian oil, saying that Syria's oil production in the first half of 2022 was about 14.
5 million barrels, with an average daily output of about 80,300 barrels
.
The U.
S.
military steals as many as 66,000 barrels of oil a day from northeastern Syria, which is about 83%
of Syria's daily oil production.

There are reports that in July this year alone, there were at least four incidents of U.
S.
military transshipment and theft of Syrian oil, and nearly 200 tanker trucks filled with oil were transferred out of Syria by the U.
S
.
military.

Syria and Russia have repeatedly accused the U.
S.
military of stealing and transiting oil
in northeastern Syria.
At present, the United States still occupies a large area of land in northeast Syria and controls 90% of Syria's oil resources
.
The United States has seriously exacerbated Syria's energy and food crisis
by supporting local opposition forces to continuously steal Syrian oil, food and other resources.

According to the overseas network quoted by the Russian satellite news agency on the 14th, the Syrian State News Agency (SANA) quoted sources as saying that the US military illegally transported 89 tanker trucks from Syria to Iraq
on the 13th.

The Syrian state news agency said the U.
S.
military sent a convoy of 89 tanker trucks from Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah to travel to Iraq
through illegal border crossings.

Source: CCTV News screenshot

U.
S.
armed forces currently control the provinces of Deir Ezzor, Hasakah and Raqqa in northern and northeastern Syria, which have Syria's largest oil and gas deposits
.
The Syrian side has said several times that the US military occupies its national territory for the purpose of blatantly stealing oil
.

According to Voice of China, in response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on July 20 that the US behavior was really a bandit act
.
The United States should respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity and immediately stop plundering Syria's national resources
.

Wang Wenbin: I have noted relevant reports
.
The actions of the United States are really acts of
banditry.

Currently, ninety percent of Syria's population lives below the poverty line, two-thirds depend on humanitarian aid for their livelihoods, and more than half lack access to food security
.
The US military still occupies Syria's main grain and oil-producing areas, looting and plundering Syria's national resources, making the local humanitarian crisis even worse
.
Some angry Syrian people said that the United States came for profit, left without interests, and their presence in Syria itself is a manifestation
of terrorism.

The United States has always advocated upholding the highest standards
in human rights and the rule of law.
But what the United States has done in Syria shows that whether it is upholding human rights or the rule of law, the United States has failed
.
The United States should respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, respond to the voice of the Syrian people, immediately lift unilateral sanctions against Syria, immediately stop plundering Syrian national resources, and take practical actions to make up for the harm
caused to the Syrian people.