The Syrian government has directly accused the US-led coalition in the deliberate bombing of oil wells with the purpose of them being unusable. CAP Faisal Miqdad Foreign Minister said, that bombed-out well does not bring revenue to the state, and to restore them to take millions of dollars, and this is what the United States sought
They did so, that it was necessary to pay tens of millions of dollars for the resumption of work in these fields, - he added.
Currently, some local media received information about clashes in the province of Deir Ezzor in the east. There is a confrontation between the government forces of Syrian President al-Assad and Syrian fighters of the democratic forces (SDF), which is supported by the US.
The commander of the SDF Abu Arab told, that in this area are concentrated all the oil fields, and because of this, the Syrian military wants to gain control of the area.
This is not the first confrontation between the United States under the control of Assad's forces and the army in the area. In February 2018 year government forces using the attached pro-Iranian groups, It managed to partially regain control 28 oil fields in Deir ez-Zor, but to keep them, they could not. After the application of air strikes US Coalition wells, government troops retreated.
Earlier, oil regions were under the control of a terrorist group banned in Russia LIH, which is currently being replaced by US troops under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces
