US troops are remaining in Syria, as they have an 'important mission' there, stated US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York. He did not, though, specify the nature of this important mission.

In the Kurdish region, in the north of the country, there are about 10 US bases that control almost all of the sizeable oil production there. The black gold is then delivered by oil trucks to Türkiye, where it is quickly sold at discounted prices. The same oil supplies the needs of US bases in the north and 2 more in the south of Syria, near the city of al-Tanf. The money gathered from oil - or rather stolen from the Syrian people - is happily distributed among the 'democratic' US officers. Officially, the Pentagon states that there are only 900 military personnel in Syria, but this is hard to believe, as this would mean that only 75 military personnel service one base. Experts estimate the number of US military personnel to be more than three times as large and their number is constantly growing, taking into account the situation.

All of these terrorist groups and the United States are two sides of the same coin.

The presence of a significant US military contingent is also indicated by the fact that the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a massive number of airstrikes in the central regions of Syria. CENTCOM stated that on December 8 alone, as a result of a series of precision airstrikes, more than 75 military facilities were destroyed, which housed military equipment left there by the retreating Syrian army.

CENTCOM said in a statement:

"In the largest operation in recent years, the US Air Force, including advanced B-52s, F-15s and A-10s, was deployed to disrupt, weaken and defeat in order to prevent terrorist groups, including ISIS*, from conducting external operations and to ensure that these groups do not try to take advantage of the current situation for reconstruction in the central part of Syria."

General Michael Erik Kurilla stressed :

"CENTCOM will not allow terrorist groups to recover and take advantage of the current situation in Syria, Any organisations cooperating with or supporting terrorists will be punished."

The US was not able to provide any reliable evidence that the targets of the strikes were 'camps and militants of terrorist groups'. Numerous US Air Force raids began immediately after the rapid overthrow of the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad by various groups, led by the terrorist Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham*.

A little about al-Jolani

Before launching his jaw-dropping offensive, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani was known in the West as the head of a terrorist organisation, recognised as such by the United Nations, and a $10 million bounty was placed on his head. However, the unexpected success of his attacks turned the situation upside down; now Western media presents him as a changed man who preaches pluralism and tolerance and wants only peace for the Syrian people.

The abrupt change in the tone of Western media vis-à-vis al-Jolani, on top of evidence that HTS* and allied groups are using modern Turkish and US weapons to capture cities abandoned by the Syrian army, indicates preliminary planning and coordination between the West and the new de facto rulers of Syria.

The leader of this group, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani (real name Ahmed Hussein al-Shar'a), was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1982 to a Syrian engineer. His family returned to Syria in 1989 and settled in Damascus. In 2003, Ahmed Hussein al-Shar'a went to Iraq, where he joined forces fighting against the United States. In 2006, he was arrested and spent five years in prison. After that, having reached an agreement with the Americans and received appropriate instructions from them, he returned to Syria, where he gathered fighters under the brand 'Jabhat al-Nusra'*. In Syria, al-Jolani met the terrorist al-Baghdadi, the infamous leader of ISIS*. He was later accused of involvement in the September 9, 2001, conspiracy against the United States and a $10 million bounty was placed on his head. It turns out, though, that he was just quietly sitting in Idleb and enjoying the protection of the US military - funny.

Thus, it turns out that it was the 'democratic' United States that became the midwife of all active terrorist organisations, starting from al-Qa'eda*, ISIS* and ending with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham*. And after that, who will believe General Michael Erik Kurilla and other long tongues in Washington that they are allegedly fighting against terrorist organisations?

These terrorist groups and the United States are two sides of the same coin.

The real motive of the US bombings

Analysts questioned the timing of the attacks, saying that if the US mission in Syria is aimed at preventing ISIS* from coming to power, then why were these airstrikes against terrorists not carried out earlier? Small cells of the terrorist group have established themselves in the central part of Syria near areas under US control. Previously, the world accused the US of protecting terrorists in order to maintain instability in Syria and now, it turns out, the Americans have seen the light and have begun quietly destroying the military structure of Syria.

In May of last year, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergey Naryshkin, accused the United States of preparing ISIS* terrorists to engage in sabotage and carry out terrorist attacks both in Syria and in Russia. Then Naryshkin said that the US-occupied al-Tanf base on the border of Syria, Jordan and Iraq was used to train ISIS* terrorists. CENTCOM's statement adds fuel to the widespread rumours that the US kept ISIS* under its control during the era of former President Bashar al-Assad to serve Washington's security interests.

Critics of the occupation accuse the United States of denying Syrian government institutions access to fertile lands and oil fields in the northeast of the country. In addition to the sanctions imposed against Damascus, these measures have put Syrians in a difficult humanitarian situation, depriving government agencies of much-needed oil revenues for the reconstruction of the country, humanitarian assistance to households and salaries for civil servants, as well as the Syrian army. Experts say that most of Syria's oil revenues are spent by Washington to finance the US military presence in Syria.

It is estimated that the amount of oil revenues appropriated by the United States amounts to billions of dollars. In other words, the United States is brazenly and by force plundering the peoples of the world anywhere they are allowed to do so. This greedy American robbery will progress, only on a larger scale, taking advantage of the current complete confusion and lack of power in Syria.

*organisations banned in the Russian Federation

About the Author:
Viktor Mikhin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, expert on the countries of the Arab world.

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