Interesting.....I wonder how the conversation went when the American Soldiers told them.....HALT....!    Who goes there.....? (I still remember what to say on Ammo Dump Duty..... )

Comrade the Americans won't let us advance to the oil fields and remember Trump is the President before you gave us a suicide order....OKay Comrade come back home.........!

On the serious side one nervous trigger finger and all hell could have broke loose.



U.S. troops block Russian forces from capturing Syrian oil field


U.S. troops last weekend reportedly found themselves in a standoff with Russian forces trying to gain access to key oil fields in northeastern Syria.

The Saturday standoff — first reported by Turkish media outlets, citing unnamed local officials in the Turkey-Syria border region — seems to have ended without any shots being fired or any real risk of violence between the two sides. American military personnel reportedly stopped a Russian convoy near the town of Rmelan, and the Russian forces then apparently turned back and returned to their home base.

Still, the near-clash serves as a reminder of the high stakes in Syria, where the U.S. military's mission involves guarding oil fields and preventing them from falling into the hands of the Islamic State, Russian forces and other actors.

READ MORE HERE......
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/21/us-troops-block-russian-forces-capturing-syrian-oi/

I saw this when it first broke and the claim was their convoys were too big to pass each other.