Syria: US troops block Russian forces way to oil fields
Russian convoy consisting of five armored personnel carriers and pickup truck forced to turn back
HASAKAH, Syria
U.S. soldiers present in regions of northern Syria under the YPG/PKK terror group’s control stopped a Russian military convoy from reaching oil fields in Al-Hasakah province on Tuesday
The move comes amid an ongoing dispute between the U.S. and Russia over the Rumeylan oil field in northeast Al-Hasakah.
The Russian convoy, which consisted of five armored personnel carriers and a pickup truck, was forced to return to where they came from.
On Thursday, YPG/PKK terrorists prevented Russian soldiers from passing through the city of Qamishli to establish a military zone near the Rumeylan oil field.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The terrorist YPG is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot.
*Writing by Burak Dag
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