Money From Syrian Oil Fields Will Go to SDF, Pentagon Says

American soldiers patrol an oil well in Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Nov. 6, 2019. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

Revenue from oil fields in northern Syria will go to the Syrian Defense Forces, or SDF.

“The revenue from this is not going to the U.S., this is going to the SDF,” Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters in Washington, referring to the Kurdish-led group.