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US Forces Focus on IS, Not on Protecting Syrian Oil Fields, Pentagon Says

AFP

   WASHINGTON - U.S. forces in Syria are focused on fighting the remnants
   of the Islamic State group and are not guarding oil fields as
   previously ordered by former President Donald Trump, a U.S. defense
   official said Monday.

   Since a U.S. firm contracted last year with the Kurds in northern Syria
   to help exploit northeastern Syria oil reserves, U.S. troops are not
   involved, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

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