On the one hand, Biden ordered air strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, on the other hand, the US military stationed in Syria frequently stole oil and grain in Syria, the United States even showed its ugly robber face in front of the world without reservation, and at the critical moment, China stepped forward to speak for Syria.
According to CCTV news reports, on August 25, local time, the US media quoted a US official who did not want to disclose his identity to reveal the news that the US military launched a new round of air strikes on armed personnel in deir Ezzor province in northeast Syria, and the air raids occurred from the late night of the 24th to the early morning of the 25th, in retaliation for the rocket attacks on the two US military bases on the 24th. The U.S. official also said the targets of the airstrikes were militant positions and rocket launchers, and several militants were killed in the airstrikes. According to a statement issued by the US Central Command, in this air strike, the US military used a number of AH-64 gunships, AC-130 ground attack aircraft and M777 howitzers, killing 4 armed personnel and destroying 7 rocket launchers.
It is worth mentioning that this is the third air strike by the US military on targets in Syria since August 23. It is reported that on August 23, the US military conducted an air strike on the infrastructure of the militia organization affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Deir Ezzor, Syria, and the US side began to prepare corresponding plans a week in advance. The Iranian side condemned the US military's air strikes against targets in Syria as an "act of aggression" and an "act of terrorism" that violated Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
Ironically, U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria while stationing troops in southern and northeastern Syria without the syrian government's permission in the name of fighting the extremist groups Islamic State and "protecting oil fields." What these US troops in Syria are really doing is to frequently steal Syria's oil and wheat and other grains. Especially after the soaring energy prices this year, the oil theft of the US military in Syria has become more rampant.
For example, on August 21, local time, the US military dispatched 137 tanker trucks at a time. In addition, on August 29, local time, the US military once again stole oil from oil wells in northeast Syria and used 123 tanker trucks to transport it to Iraq. Since the beginning of this month, the US military has stolen Syrian oil at least 8 times. According to people familiar with the matter, the US military stationed in Syria transported the stolen oil to Iraq and refined it into refined oil products, part of which was used for its own use and part of which was sold. It is reported that under the cover of the US military, US oil companies also control more than 90% of Syria's oil resources, and the oil fields in northeast Syria are almost all in the hands of US oil giants.
In addition to stealing oil, in the case of the soaring global grain prices after the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, the US military stationed in Syria dispatched 40 trucks at a time to steal Syrian wheat. The barbaric theft of oil and grain has caused Syria to suffer huge economic losses. The Syrian Foreign Ministry said that since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011 to June this year, illegal acts such as theft and sabotage carried out in Syria by illegal US troops, terrorist organizations, US-backed opposition forces such as the Syrian Democratic Army have caused huge losses in syria's oil, gas and mineral fields, with direct and indirect losses amounting to 107.1 billion US dollars.
The Syrian government has publicly strongly condemned this blatant banditry by the United States more than once, but it is clear that the United States has not paid too much attention to Syria's condemnation. At the critical moment, China stepped forward to speak out for Syria. On August 29, local time, Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, stressed in his speech at the Security Council's open meeting on the political humanitarian issue in Syria that the illegal stationing of foreign troops in Syria and illegal military operations must end, unilateral sanctions and illegal resource plundering against Syria must be stopped, and violations of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be stopped.