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US forces accused of stealing Syrian resources via illegal crossing
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OCCUPYING US forces were accused of stealing Syrian wheat and oil again today after a convoy of 40 lorries left the northern Hasaka province via an illegal border crossing into Iraq.

Villagers in al-Swaidiyah reported that the convoy left the US military airport in Kharab al-Jir, along with an oil tanker. 

On one of the trucks was a bulldozer used by the US forces to build fortifications to protect their bases from attack.

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