“The United States will maintain control of oil fields in northeastern Syria ... The US armed forces will give a serious response to any forces that threaten them,” he said during a press conference broadcast on the Pentagon on Twitter.
According to him, when the leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization * Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive, these deposits were a source of IS financial resources, and now the United States intends to provide access to these resources to the Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the United States monthly earn more than $ 30 million from the production of contraband oil in Syria.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.