Syria reportedly signed a contract with Evgeny Prigozhin, weeks before his mercenaries attacked a U.S.-held oilfield
The Bell
27 february 2018
According to the newsletter The Bell, the Syrian government signed a deal with several Russian companies to help “liberate, protect, and develop†Syrian oil fields currently occupied by hostiles.
The agreement allegedly involves “Evro Polis,†which is rumored to belong to Evgeny Prigozhin, the man behind Russia’s “troll factory†and the “Wagner†private military company.
Over the past nine months, Western and Russian journalists reported that these parties reached a memorandum in late 2016. The Bell says there’s now a legally binding contract in place. The agreement was reportedly finalized in January 2018, weeks before dozens of mercenaries from the Wagner PMC were allegedly killed when advancing on an oilfield held by U.S. and Kurdish forces in Deir ez-Zor.
Read more at: https://meduza.io/en/news/2018/02/27/syria-reportedly-signed-a-contract-with-evgeny-prigozhin-weeks-before-his-mercenaries-attacked-a-u-s-held-oilfield
I fully support us going after ISIS, supporting troops such as the SDF, Syrian Defense Forces comprised largely of Kurds...I'm not comfortable if this is largely over defending oil fields but I will defer to the men in charge of that theater. I doubt if "we" would concede this is about oil fields only but it's probably related.
The article says it takes this from a Russian article from the Bell:
https://thebell.io/kompaniya-evgeniya-prigozhina-zaklyuchila-neftyanuyu-sdelku-s-siriej/
