US CENTCOM commander visited northeastern Syria last week
ANKARA (AA) – Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, last Thursday paid a visit to northeastern Syria.
In a written statement, CENTCOM said: “General Michael ‘Erik’ Kurilla, commander of the U.S. Central Command, traveled to northeast Syria to speak with American troops and visit sites critical to the ongoing effort to ensure thee during defeat of ISIS.”
This was his sixth visit to Syria in the past 11 months, according to the statement.
The statement said that Kurilla also “visited the SDF, the U.S. partner force” and it claimed that the PKK’s extension SDF “conducts daily missions against ISIS.”
The US has partnered with the YPG-led SDF in its efforts to counter ISIS in northeastern Syria, drawing Ankara’s anger.
Kurilla, according to the statement, paid a visit to “a detention facility for ISIS fighters in Hasakah.”
On March 4, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley visited the regions occupied by the YPG in northeastern Syria. Türkiye demanded an explanation for his visit to regions occupied by the YPG.
US Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake had been summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over the visit.
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