US military shoots dead Syrian civilian in east Deir Ezzor: SANA

An Oil Filed in Syria

Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Saturday that a Syrian citizen was shot dead by the U.S. military near the Conoco Oil Field in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

SANA, citing local witnesses said that American soldiers deliberately shot a civilian because his car veered off the highway near the Conoco Oil Field, which led to his death immediately.

No further details were released by SANA regarding this alleged incident. The U.S. Coalition has not commented on these allegations from the Syrian state-owned media.

Since their emergence in eastern Deir Ezzor, the U.S. Coalition has maintained control over Syria’s largest oil field, Al-‘Umar, which is close to the Iraqi border.

The Syrian government has demanded that the U.S. immediately withdraw their forces from all of the Arab Republic’s territories, including the Al-Tanf Zone in the Homs Governorate.

American President Donald Trump turned back from withdrawing the US forces from Arab Republic citing need to protect the oil fields from the ISIS.