Syria: A Convoluted System for Syria’s Oil Revenues

Nov 23, 2019 | Mohamed Homs, Enab Baladi
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been confused by the decision of its American ally to withdraw from Syria, as its mission to fight and eradicate ISIS’ presence in the region came to an end. Nonetheless, the US announced shortly after its troops’ return to Syria in order to protect oil fields. This did not bring drastic changes to the Syrian oil sector but simply transferred the management of oil resources in the country to Washington. Thus, the US administration stated that the Syrian oil revenues will be allocated to support the SDF.