Al-Omar.

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Once again from the latest edition of the DEBKAfile news letter.

Loss at Kirkuk is gain at Omar?

"Kurds win Syrian oil under secret US-Russian deal - prize for Raqqa"

23 October.

"US-backed Syrian Kurdish militias reported Sunday, Oct. 22, the capture of Syria's biggest oil field of al-Omar in the eastern Deir Ez-Zour province. The Kurds' takeover pre-empted its grab by the Syrian army and Hizballah, who were still 6 km short of al-Omar."

"It now turns out that the Russian command's secret order to the Syrian/Hizballah forces . . . to halt where they stood after capturing Mayadin in eastern Syria from ISIS - and not advance on the oil field - was prompted by unpublished talks between US and Russian officers in the area."

"The officers reached a deal on the disposition of these oil fields. Under that deal, it was decided to award the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia the richest Syrian field as a prize for its role in leading the SDF in the capture of ISIS' de facto capital of Raqqa."

See previous blog entry [item # 8 from 24 October] the Russian link most [?] evident:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/10/kirkuk-v.html

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