Protests Continue against US-Backed Militia in Eastern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tribal people in Eastern Deir Ezzur staged a vast demonstration against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Wednesday, protesting against their brutalities, including hording fuel.

News ID: 74438

Date: 19 December 2018 - 16:00

ens of people in the small town of al-Shoheil in Eastern Deir Ezzur took to the main street and protested against the SDF's fuel plundering in the region.

The protestors closed off the streets and engaged in armed clash with the SDF, killing two of them and wounding several more.

The protestors further moved towards al-Umar oilfield, but, the SDF blocked their access to the oilfield, cordoning off the area.

The SFD further sent more gunmen to the regions on the outskirts of the town and kept them on alert.

People in Eastern Deir Ezzur controlled by the SDF are suffering from drinking water, electric power and fuel shortages.

The Arabic-language Moraseloun news website reported that, according to satellite images, the SDF stole Syria's oil and transferred and stored in hundreds of tankers North of Raqqa city.

It further added that the total number of the stolen tankers stands at 1,925, adding that the tankers were trafficking Syria's oil to Iraq and Turkey on a daily base.

The website went on to say that the money earned through trafficking Syria's oil goes to the US-led coalition, ISIL and Kurdish commanders, adding that a year after the SDF's control over the region and a year after plundering Syria's oil, the US-backed militia have not done anything to reconstruct the region's ruined infrastructures, hospitals or schools.

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