File photo shows U.S. soldiers on patrol near oil fields in northeastern Syria. (Photo by AFP)

Damascus, June 18 (RHC)-- Amid Washington’s attempts to further loot oil reserves and natural resources in Syria, the United States military has dispatched truckloads of ammunition and logistical equipment to the Arab country’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that a convoy of 55 trucks, including oil tankers and trailers, crossed the Waleed border crossing on Thursday and headed toward US positions in the province.

The development comes only a few days after 33 US military vehicles, carrying munitions as well as logistical equipment, rumbled through the same border crossing from Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and entered Syrian territories.

The U.S. military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.