U.S. forces transfer "stolen Syrian oil" to bases in Iraq: media

STORY: U.S. forces transfer "stolen Syrian oil" to bases in Iraq: media SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of primitive oil refinery in the northeastern province of Al-Hasakah 2. various of the stolen oil by US in fuel tankers in the northeastern province of Hasakah 3. various of streets in Al-Hasakah city 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MASIRA AL-HASSAN, Al-Hasakah resident STORYLINE: A 44-tanker convoy carrying oil taken from Syrian fields departed Syria's northeastern al-Hasakah province for U.S. bases in neighboring Iraq on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported. According to local sources cited by SANA, the convoy exited the Yarubiya countryside on the Iraqi-Syrian border through the unauthorized Mahmoudiya crossing, The incident came days after the U.S. forces took 95 tankers of oil and a truckload of grains from northeastern Syria on Dec. 17. The Syrian government has repeatedly accused the U.S. force

Driver of Japanese reporters describes attack

Driver of Japanese reporters describes attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Raad Ashoor, the Iraqi driver of Japanese journalists Kotaro Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida, describes how they were attacked on the way through Mahmoudiya, about 30 km south of Baghdad.

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - This photo taken on May 28 shows a gutted car carrying two Japanese freelance journalists, their driver and interpreter, both Iraqis, which was attacked near Baghdad on May 27. Two bodies believed to be those of the two Japanese were being kept in a hospital near the attack site in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers south of Baghdad. The two are feared killed, local officials and the Japanese government said.

(3)2 Japanese journalists attacked

(3)2 Japanese journalists attacked

BAGHDAD, Iraq - This photo taken on May 28 shows a gutted car carrying two Japanese freelance journalists, their driver and interpreter, both Iraqis, who were attacked in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers south of Baghdad on May 27. All but the driver are feared to have been killed in the attack, local officials and the Japanese government said.(Kyodo)

(5)2 Japanese journalists attacked

(5)2 Japanese journalists attacked

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A shoe, believed to have belonged to one of the two Japanese journalists feared to have been killed in Iraq, is seen at the site of the attack in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers south of Baghdad, on May 28. (Kyodo)

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A gutted car that was carrying two Japanese journalists who were feared to have been killed in Iraq is taken out of the site of the attack in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers south of Baghdad, on May 28, a night after the attack. (Kyodo)

Driver of Japanese reporters describes attack

Driver of Japanese reporters describes attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Raad Ashoor, the Iraqi driver of Japanese journalists Kotaro Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida, describes how they were attacked on the way through Mahmoudiya, about 30 km south of Baghdad. (Kyodo)

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

(4)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - This photo taken on May 28 shows a gutted car carrying two Japanese freelance journalists, their driver and interpreter, both Iraqis, which was attacked near Baghdad on May 27. Two bodies believed to be those of the two Japanese were being kept in a hospital near the attack site in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers south of Baghdad. The two are feared killed, local officials and the Japanese government said. (Kyodo)