Syrian Minister Says US Controls Most Crude Reserves In Northeast, Loots Oil To Strangle Country’s Economy Syria’s petroleum minister has condemned US forces for acting “like pirates” as Washington continues to plunder most of the oil wealth from the country’s resource-rich northeast, where the Pentagon backs Kurdish militia groups. “Americans and their allies are targeting the Syrian oil wealth and its tankers just like pirates,” Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Bassam Tomeh told state TV this week, adding that the move is designed to cripple Syria’s economy, which depends on oil revenues. https://www.rt.com/news/518665-syria-minister-us-oil-pirates
