Iran, Russia Condemn US Military Presence near Syrian Oilfields

[Aramagedon]

Iran and Russia condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to maintain a military presence near oil fields in northeastern Syria, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying any exploitation of resources would be illegal.

Trump’s suggestion on Sunday that Exxon Mobil Corp or another US oil company operate Syrian oil fields drew rebukes from legal and energy experts.

The United States will strengthen its military presence in Syria with “mechanized forces” to prevent Daesh militants seizing oil fields and revenue, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the issue at a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday evening after meeting with his counterparts, Russia’s Lavrov and Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu.

“Well it seems that the United States is staying to protect the oil. And at least President Trump is honest to say what the United States intends to do,” Zarif said, Reuters reported.

“Iran and Russia are there on the invitation of the Syrian government, and we intend to stay there as long as the Syrian government and Syrian people want us to be there,” he said.

Lavrov said that the return of US forces to Syria, after their transfer to Iraq, was “under the pretext of protecting oil deposits from Daesh.”

“The essence is that any illegal exploitation of natural resources of a sovereign state without its consent is illegal and that is the view that we share,” he said.

“Our US colleagues are aware of our position and we will defend that position,” Lavrov said.

Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director, said in a tweet later on Tuesday, “Syria’s natural resources belong to Syrians.

“Oil or other types of revenue should be used for reconstruction efforts including local infrastructure, support for civilians, IDPs (internally displaced persons), and refugees. Just as Syrians should be able to determine their own political future, they should also be allowed to decide how the resources of their own land should be spent,” Altun said.

The United States Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn, speaking to reporters in Geneva earlier on Tuesday, voiced concern at what he said was the “continuing dangerous situation in northeast Syria” and urged all sides to work to stabilize the situation.

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[Cthulhu]

The Syrian government should do a scorched earth op on it's own oil fields in northeastern Syria, This is the only way to send the nation of thieves back to their own hemisphere.

 

[kingQamaR]

The Syrian government should do a scorched earth op on it's own oil fields in northeastern Syria, This is the only way to send the nation of thieves back to their own hemisphere.

This coward, can only barrel bombs his own people’s and cities. America would wipe the floor with him if he tried. Coward gets his country bombed by Israel regular stays quite. You think he’s going to bomb American soldiers in oil fields.

 

[War Thunder]

This coward, can only barrel bombs his own people’s and cities. America would wipe the floor with him if he tried. Coward gets his country bombed by Israel regular stays quite. You think he’s going to bomb American soldiers in oil fields.

Ignorance and lack of ability to think with an independent mind being exhibited at its best with this zombie mind fella right here. Having no clue on what he is talking about, let alone having a clue of whats going on.

 

[Sineva]

The Syrian government should do a scorched earth op on it's own oil fields in northeastern Syria, This is the only way to send the nation of thieves back to their own hemisphere.

This should`ve been done before the terrorists took control of these sites during the internationally backed terrorist insurgency,sadly this was just one of the many mistakes and failures that was due to the lack of effective leadership on the part of both the syrian government and its military during the usraeli/nao/gcc backed terror campaign to destroy syria.
On the bright side the us position in syria is now far,far weaker in literally every respect be it military or political than it was even a month ago,effectively you now have just a token force thats there to try and hold onto the oil,which I imagine will earn the us and chump only further condemnation internationally.A smarter president would`ve realised that the us position in syria is and ultimately really always was untenable,sadly tho when it comes to the mena region there never really has been a "smart" us president,just a whole lot of stupid ones sadly.
Theres really nothing quite like having a chump in charge.......well.nothing good for the us and its vassals anyway[LOL!]

 

[TruthHurtz]

This coward, can only barrel bombs his own people’s and cities. America would wipe the floor with him if he tried. Coward gets his country bombed by Israel regular stays quite. You think he’s going to bomb American soldiers in oil fields.

No they won't, it's his own damn oil fields. Asset denial.

Trump has proven one thing, and it's that he doesn't want military escalation.