A US military vehicle patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military convoy patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Syria's Kurdish-controlled north-eastern Hassakeh province on September 17, 2020, a day before the US said it was sending more troops and vehicles to north-east Syria. AFP
A US military vehicle patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Syria's Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military vehicle passes a pumpjack in the Rumaylan oil field in north-east Syria. The major oil field, located near a US airbase, has been among the Syrian Kurds' most prized assets since regime forces withdrew early on in the Syrian civil war. AFP
A US Apache attack helicopter flies over a field near the town of Tal Haddad in the countryside of Syria's Hassakeh province on September 15, 2020. AFP
A US helicopter deploys flares as it flies over the Rumaylan oilfields in Hassakeh province on September 17, 2020. AFP
US soldiers and military vehicles stand next to an attack helicopter near the town of Tal Haddad in Syria's Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military vehicle patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military convoy patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Syria's Kurdish-controlled north-eastern Hassakeh province on September 17, 2020, a day before the US said it was sending more troops and vehicles to north-east Syria. AFP
A US military vehicle patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Syria's Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military vehicle passes a pumpjack in the Rumaylan oil field in north-east Syria. The major oil field, located near a US airbase, has been among the Syrian Kurds' most prized assets since regime forces withdrew early on in the Syrian civil war. AFP
A US Apache attack helicopter flies over a field near the town of Tal Haddad in the countryside of Syria's Hassakeh province on September 15, 2020. AFP
A US helicopter deploys flares as it flies over the Rumaylan oilfields in Hassakeh province on September 17, 2020. AFP
US soldiers and military vehicles stand next to an attack helicopter near the town of Tal Haddad in Syria's Hassakeh province. AFP
A US military vehicle patrols near the Rumaylan oil fields in Hassakeh province. AFP
US military strengthens deployment in Syria
Armoured vehicles and crews sent to shore up American presence in country’s north-east
