Syria called US actions on its territory banditry

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United States to stop supporting terrorism and separatism and immediately leave the Syrian territories where the US military is illegally. About this agency reported on your Twitter account.

“US occupation forces continued to plunder oil and other Syrian resources through northern Iraq into Turkey. The actions of the Americans, characterized by banditry, are contrary to international humanitarian law and lead to the impoverishment of the Syrian people and the prolongation of their suffering, ”the message says.

The department also called for compensation to the Syrian people, since the United States “should not play the role of pirates and bandits.”

In October 2022, the Syrian Foreign Ministry also demanded that the United States immediately withdraw its army from the country and stop supporting terrorist groups.

Then the statement also noted that “the illegal presence of American troops and the use of mercenaries by Washington to achieve its goals is contrary to international law.” In addition, the Syrian Foreign Ministry drew attention to the export of Syrian oil to its bases in northern Iraq.

Last summer, the Syrian ministry sent Letters to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the organization’s Security Council pointing to $107.1 billion in damage to the Syrian economy in the oil and gas sector.

The United States and a number of other states intervened in the civil war in Syria in September 2014 under the pretext of fighting terrorist groups. Back in September 2018, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova notedthat the United States is artificially prolonging the conflict and destabilizing the situation in the republic. The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the US authorities are trying to “get an excuse for maintaining an illegal armed presence on Syrian soil.”