In Syria's oil-rich northeastern province of Hasakah, a barrage of rockets struck a military installation housing US occupation personnel. Still, the number of casualties and damage were yet unknown.

Late Monday night, anonymous local sources told Syria's official news agency SANA that the projectiles landed in the neighborhood of the US-controlled Al-Jabsa oil field in Al-Shaddadi town.

They said that one of the rockets struck the Al-Jabsa facility, which holds US occupation forces' military planes.

Another strike targeted the offices of the Al-Jabsa Fields Directorate, where American forces produce uncrewed aerial vehicles for Kurdish militants in the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

After the incident, according to the sources, ambulance sirens could be heard throughout the base.

US military drones hovered over the field following the strike, and squads of SDF militants were promptly rushed to the town.

This development occurred days after 70 US military trucks transferred stolen Syrian oil from the province of Hasakah in the northeast to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.

On Saturday, US military vehicles, including tankers, freezers, and 15 trucks carrying weapons, entered Iraqi territory after crossing the Al-Waleed border crossing, according to Al-Ya'arubyia sources who requested anonymity.

Six armored vehicles escorted the convoy; they were cited as adding.

The US military has stationed personnel and equipment in northeastern Syria. The Pentagon states that the deployment is intended to prevent Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists from seizing control of the region's oilfields.

Damascus maintains that the deployment is intended to steal the country's abundant mineral riches.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that American Marines were in the Arab nation for its oil.

After failing to overthrow the Syrian government through militant proxies and direct engagement in the crisis, the United States has escalated its economic war against the Arab nation.

In June 2020, the United States approved the so-called Caesar Act, which imposed the strictest sanctions ever on Syria to stifle the government's funding streams.

The sanctions have decimated the war-torn country's economy by prohibiting international corporations from trading with Damascus.

Syria asserts that the true intent of the measures is to exert pressure on Syrians and their way of life.

According to officials, the increased smuggling of critical Syrian resources is the most recent brutal attempt to pressure the democratically elected government in Damascus.