Intel: US CENTCOM commander meets with head of Syria’s Kurdish forces

The head of Syria’s Kurdish-led militias said he met today with the top commander of US forces in the Middle East, Gen. Frank McKenzie, in northeast Syria.
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US Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of the US Central Command, speaks as a picture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen during a press briefing on Oct. 30, 2019, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Baghdadi was killed three days before in a US raid in Idlib province, Syria. - Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Jared Szuba
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The head of Syria’s Kurdish-led militias says he met today with the top commander of US forces in the Middle East, Gen. Frank McKenzie, in northeast Syria.

Mazlum Kobane, who leads the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the Islamic State (IS), announced the meeting with the CENTCOM commander via Twitter.

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