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US private military companies plunder Syrian oil facilities — Russia’s General Staff
The Russian Defense Ministry © Valery Sharifulin/TASS
MOSCOW, July 29, 2019 - US private military companies numbering over 3,500 personnel are plundering Syrian oil facilities under the cover of the international anti-terror coalition’s aircraft, Head of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Department, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi told a Defense Ministry press briefing on Monday.
"Aside from training militants, the US structures in Syria are involved in plundering oil facilities and deposits in the area across the Euphrates that belong to the legitimate Syrian government. Lately, US private military companies have been observed to actively beef up their personnel. Today, the mercenaries of the private military companies in Syria exceed 3,500 people," the Russian general stressed.
Specifically, the US military structures have organized the production and sale of Syrian oil from the Conaco, al-Omar and Tanak oilfields located east of the Euphrates River, the Russian general pointed out.
"A criminal scheme of Syrian crude cross-border deliveries is in effect. Actually, Syrian national wealth is being plundered," Rudskoi stated.
July 29, 2019 - Russian Military Accuses US of Hijacking Oil Trade in Syria from Daesh
US-affiliated forces in Syria have 'hijacked' the illegal oil trade from Daesh (ISIS or ISIL), Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, announced in a Monday briefing.
According to the senior officer, in addition to their criminal enterprises, US-trained militants have been training to destroy oil and gas infrastructure and to organise attacks against Syrian government forces, Sputnik reported.
Rudskoy accused the US of providing various Arab and Kurdish militias with arms in exchange for assistance in the illegal trafficking of Syrian oil to the East of the Euphrates.
Specifically, Russian intelligence has accused US-controlled entities of organising the illegal production and sale of Syrian oil from the al-Omar, Conaco and Tanak oil fields on the Euphrates River's East bank.
The Russian General Staff also reiterated Moscow's previous charges against the US over civilian deaths and suffering at the Rukban refugee camp, situated near the US military base at al-Tanf in Southern Syria near the Jordanian border, saying the US side has done nothing to resolve the humanitarian crisis.
Furthermore, Rudskoy reported that "US-trained saboteurs" have been sent from al-Tanf to other parts of Syria to try to destabilize the situation in the country as a whole, adding that this includes training of a 'major armed unit' of Jaish Magawir al-Saura militants in the 55 km zone surrounding the al-Tanf base.
Russia’s ambassador calls on UN not to circulate lies about Idlib
THE UNITED NATIONS, July 30, 2019 - The West makes attempts to preserve a terrorist enclave in Idlib in order to fight against the Syrian authorities, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said at the Tuesday session of the UN Security Council, which focused on the humanitarian situation in Syria.
"We call on the United Nations Secretariat and the [world] organization’s specialized agencies not to make haste by publishing unverified information," he said. "The data should be taken from reliable and non-politicized sources, they must be re-verified. Russia was said today to be deliberately conducting strikes against hospitals. It is a lie."
Earlier at the session, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock claimed citing satellite data that more than 90 days of air and missile strikes by the Syrian government and the Russian Federation resulted in the slaughter of people in the Idlib de-escalation zone.
West’s aim is to preserve terrorist enclave in Syrian Idlib, says Russian envoy to UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 30. /TASS/. The west is trying to preserve a terrorist enclave in Idlib, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya told a UN Security Council meeting on Idlib on Tuesday.
"Preserving the terrorist enclave in Idlib is the key aim that our western colleagues are pursuing," he said, commenting on the accusations that Russia had carried out airstrikes in this Syrian province.
