Ahmad al Khaled, at The Blogs

Dec 11, 2019, 3:19 PM

Trump’s raid for Syrian oil is not worth it

A US military armored vehicle drives in a patrol past a pumpjack operating at an oil well in Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on November 6, 2019. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

This infatuation with Syria's resources was misguided to begin with, and paying for abandoned and destroyed facilities with the lives of US soldiers made it unforgivable

About Me

Ahmad al Khaled is a Syrian journalist who covers the Syrian conflict and Middle East politics in general. His publications have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Youm 7, and other leading regional outlets.