STORY: U.S. forces smuggle stolen Syrian resources into Iraq: media
SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024
DATELINE: April 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:44
LOCATION: Damascus
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. shot of truck assembly point
2. various of the truck convoy
3. various of trucks crossing the illegal crossing point to Iraq
4. various of U.S. tanks on the road of Al-Hasakah countryside


STORYLINE:

A convoy of U.S. forces plundered more Syrian sources on Monday, taking out trucks of oil and grain through an illegal crossing with Iraq, state news agency SANA reported.

According to the SANA report, 69 vehicles, including 45 tankers with oil and 24 trucks with wheat, were observed exiting the illegal Al-Mahmudiyah crossing on their way to Iraq.

The resources were looted from northeastern Syria's Al-Hasakah province, and it is believed that the convoy's destination is U.S. bases in northern Iraq, said the report.

Civilian sources in the countryside of Al-Hasakah near the Iraqi border said that U.S. forces have intensified operations to loot and plunder Syrian resources from areas under their control in the province.

The Syrian government has been accusing the U.S. forces of "pillaging Syrian resources," a move that further exacerbates the economic hardships facing the war-torn country.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus.
(XHTV)