{"id":123392,"date":"2019-05-31T16:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123392"},"modified":"2019-05-31T16:28:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:28:30","slug":"why-is-the-u-s-coalition-bombing-syrians-boast-transporting-needed-oil-didnt-trump-commit-to-ending-american-involvement-in-that-illicit-war-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123392","title":{"rendered":"Why is the U.S. coalition bombing Syrian government boats transporting needed oil? Didn’t Trump commit to ending American involvement in that illicit war for Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why are these US troops in Syria in the first place?<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

US Coalition Attacks Syrian Oil Transport Boats On Euphrates River<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

In a huge development out of eastern Syria, where US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) share tense front lines with pro-Assad forces on the other side, the American coalition has reportedly attacked at least two Syrian government boats that were transporting oil across the Euphrates River to the government side<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The news broke via the Beirut-based Middle East News site Al-Masdar<\/em> which is well-known for often being the first to report Syria news, given its rare sources in the Syrian military. According to the Al-Masdar report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

According to reports from the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the U.S. Coalition and the SDF both targeted the Syrian government boats with heavy machine gun fire in front of the town of Al-Shuhayl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pro-SDF accounts later released photos showing smoke rising from one of the ferries that were targeted by their machine gun fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Image via Al-Masdar News<\/em><\/p>\n

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