The head of the United States said this after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in anticipation of the Alliance summit in London.

“IG * tried to maintain control of the oil, and now we are completely in control of it. Frankly, (in this matter. - RT ) we enjoy significant support from a large number of different people. By and large, our only military men who remain on this territory are those who guard the oil. We have oil, and we can do what we want with it, ”Trump quotes TASS.

Earlier, Syrian President Bashar Assad said that his country intends to raise the issue of theft of Syrian oil at the UN and demand compensation from the United States.

On November 15, the first deputy representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, announced that the United States should return its oil fields to Syria.

On November 13, it was reported that US troops crossed the Syrian-Iraqi border and occupied several oil fields in northeast Syria.

* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.