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