China urges the United States to give the Syrian people and the international community a full account of its oil theft — Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a news briefing in response to reports that the illegal U.S. military presence in Syria used 53 tankers to steal oil resources from Syria for the U.S. military bases in Iraq.

According to official figures from the Syrian government, more than 80 percent of Syria’s daily oil production was illegally smuggled by the U.S. military in the first half of 2022, Wang said.

Earlier this month, the U.S. military used 60 tankers and trucks to smuggle Syrian oil and wheat,

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