Intel: Democrats try to stymie Trump’s 'secure the oil' mission in Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bryant Harris

Jun 29, 2020

US Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) departs following a vote to close debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act in the US Capitol in Washington, June 25, 2020. — REUTERS/Al Drago

Democrats are turning up the heat on President Donald Trump’s “secure the oil” mission in northeast Syria.

The House’s version of the 2021 defense authorization bill, released this weekend, would require the defense secretary to certify that no US “military forces are being used or have been used for the extraction, transport, transfer or sale of oil from Syria.”

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