On 29 July, the Syrian Network for Human Rights claimed that Syrian Democratic Forces (mainly the Kurdish Democratic Union Party forces) are violating the US Caesar sanctions, supplying oil and gas to the Syrian regime, including around 6 million barrels of oil annually, that makes profits of $120 million. A report says that whilst SDF have sought to curb smuggling operations via water crossings, they turn a blind eye to smuggling and sales that take place via the more lucrative overland route.
https://sn4hr.org/blog/2021/07/29/56595/
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