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Residents of a village in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah have reportedly blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through their community, amid boiling public rage over the presence of American occupation forces in the energy-rich region of the war-ravaged West Asian country.
According to a report published by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the convoy of five armored vehicles had to turn around and head back in the directions it came from after locals of the village of al-Mujaibra, which lies on the outskirts of Tal Tamr town, and Syrian army troops intercepted and expelled it from the area on Tuesday.
The development came less than a week after a US convoy of five US military vehicles was forced to retreat after locals of the village of Qabur al-Granja in the Qamishli district of Hasakah province blocked the road and prevented its movement.
The US military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.
Damascus, however, maintains the deployment is meant to plunder the country’s rich mineral resources.
Syrians denounce presence of US-backed SDF militants in Hasakah
Separately, dozens of people in Syria’s Hasakah province have staged a demonstration in protest at the deployment of US-sponsored and Kurdish-led militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the area and their arbitrary practices.
SANA, citing local sources, reported that the residents of al-Yousefiyah and al-Junaidiyah villages held a rally on Tuesday, protesting the seizure of their property as well as looting and smuggling of crude oil by SDF militants.
The demonstrators also argued that the US-backed forces kidnap and force young locals in the Rmelan subdistrict of Hasakah province to fight in their ranks.
Security conditions are reportedly deteriorating in the areas controlled by the SDF in Hasakah and Dayr al-Zawr provinces amid ongoing raids and arrests of civilians by the US-sponsored militants.
Locals argue that the SDF’s constant raids and arrest campaigns have generated a state of frustration and instability, severely affecting their businesses and livelihoods.
