SYRIA REVEALS STAGGERING COST OF USA LOOTING AND SABOTAGE OF ENERGY SECTOR

 

How can a country with the label of Christian, with the label of the 'largest democracy in the world', labeled as the largest economy in the world, scandalously steal crude oil in broad daylight from another country, a poor and divided and indebted country and a victim of famous “”sanctions” from the United States!!!!!!!!...The thief is known as the USA and the victim is SYRIA. By the end of this report, the withdrawal was 115.2 BILLION DOLLARS.........Read the report below and you will understand.

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Syria reveals staggering cost of US looting and sabotage of energy sector

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The United States currently occupies about a third of Syria and has looted billions of dollars worth of oil and food from the country in an attempt to choke Damascus into economic submission following the failure of the CIA's war to topple the Assad government.

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to remind the United Nations of US crimes against the Syrian people, sending letters to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and the President of the Security Council (UNSC), Ferit Hoxha, demanding measures that put an end to Washington's illegal behavior .

In a summary of the letter published by Syrian media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded the UN that "the US and its tools of terrorist organizations and militias continue to violate Syrian sovereignty and plunder the country's wealth and strategic resources." Damascus demanded accountability, compensation, an end to the "illegal presence of American forces" and the "return of the lands it occupies and the oil and gas fields of the Syrian state."

Syria recalled that these " aggressive practices " are a violation of international law "and the provisions of the UN Charter" , and accused Washington of deliberately "exacerbating the effects of illegal unilateral coercive measures and depriving Syrians of the capabilities of their homeland and to increase their suffering."

The Foreign Office has estimated that the total cost of "aggression, looting and sabotage [...] by US forces and their terrorist tools" has now reached a staggering US$115.2 billion (about R$568.6 billion). . This number, summarizing losses between 2011 and mid-2023, includes US$27.5 billion (approximately R$135.7 billion) in direct losses suffered by the Syrian oil sector, according to the ministry:

Looting, wasting and burning an estimated 341 million barrels of oil , including the theft of an average of between 100,000-130,000 barrels per day, recently increasing to 150,000 barrels per day;

The theft and waste of approximately 59.9 million cubic meters of natural gas and 413 thousand tons of domestic gas resources;

Vandalism and theft in energy production facilities worth US$3.2 billion (around R$15.8 billion) ;

The damage caused by the bombing of Syrian oil and gas facilities by the US-led coalition has already exceeded US$2.9 billion (about R$14.3 billion) .

Additional secondary losses amounting to almost US$88 billion (about R$434.4 billion) were caused by the decrease in production "below planned rates under normal working conditions" , according to Damasco.

While the Syrian Foreign Ministry presented its data to the UN, the US plunder of the country's resources continued. On Sunday (10), local media reported that US forces smuggled around 95 tankers of crude oil from the country to Iraq , using two separate convoys.

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US continues to loot Syrian crude oil, more than 95 tankers have already left the country

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US oil and food smuggling activities in Syria were made possible by dozens of US bases spread across the eastern third of the war-torn nation, with US forces first entering the country in 2016 under the pretext of war global campaign against Daesh (a terrorist organization banned in Russia and several other countries). After Daesh was defeated, US forces never left , with the Pentagon justifying their continued deployment on the grounds that they were there to prevent the terrorists' resurgence.

Damascus and its allies rejected these arguments , but remained unable to expel US forces by force due to the danger of triggering an overwhelming US military retaliation against Syria (and, in the case of Damascus's Russian and Iranian allies – a regional retaliation). wider or even world war).

The US occupation of Syria's oil and food-rich areas constitutes a major obstacle to the country's reconstruction after the war. Although it has never been a major exporter of energy resources compared to some of its neighbors, including Iraq, Syria, before the current crisis, was able to cover its own oil and gas needs and earn modest export revenues. The illegal US presence in the territory, combined with crushing sanctions known as the "Caesar Act", has left Syria dependent on the support of its Russian and Iranian allies.