The U.S. is set to deploy some 600 soldiers to guard eastern Syria's oil fields against Islamic State remnants, though Trump has said he wants to bring in a U.S. company to develop the resources.
Russia's foreign minister has declared President Donald Trump's deployment of troops to Syrian oil fields"illegal" and warned it does not bode well for the future of the war-torn nation.
The U.S. had some 1,000 troops in northeastern Syria until last month, when Trump abruptly decided to withdraw the forces from their bases near the Turkish border. This left America's Kurdish-led allies—the Syrian Democratic Forces—alone to face a Turkish invasion.
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