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Friday, June 23, 2017
Darius Shahtahmasebi — Everything You’re Not Being Told About the US War Against ISIS in Syria
'Deir ez-Zor is immensely important because it is home to Syria’s largest oil fields. As Quartz explains, according to Landis, America’s strategy is “for the Kurdish forces to take Deir al-Zour, the major regional city and the hub for its oil fields. That way, the Kurds would be able to afford to buy airplanes from the US, rather than require Washington to give them for free.”
Doesn't explain why the Kurds would agree to occupy and control that area for any length of time. It's not a Kurdish region. What have they been promised?
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Doesn't explain why the Kurds would agree to occupy and control that area for any length of time. It's not a Kurdish region. What have they been promised?
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