Stealing Syria's Resources

We have been in Syria for many reasons. But here are two which are seldom mentioned:

(1) To steal their oil and natural gas:

You can read about it here:

https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Middle-East/The-Battle-For-Syrias-Oil-Region.html

(2) To steal their water:

You can read about it here:

https://mepc.org/dams-and-politics-turkey-utilizing-water-developing-conflict

While I agree that a more equitable distribution of the world's resources is necessary in our climate-changed world, their outright theft by powerful have-not nations is not the answer. Syria's oil and water belong to the Syrian people, and they are the ones who should benefit from these resources and who should decide with whom to share them.