The US support for the Syrian Kurdish groups will likely remain a major problem between Ankara and Washington as the Syria leg of a high-level US delegation's recent Middle East tour signals.
A US delegation that included Acting Assistant Secretary Joey Hood, Deputy Envoy for Syria David Brownstein and White House National Security Council Director for Iraq and Syria Zehra Bell traveled to northeast Syria on May 16-17, meeting officials from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Syrian Democratic Council, as well as prominent tribal leaders from the northeastern Syrian province of Raqqa. The visit seemed to be aimed at staving off the destabilizing elements in the region as the Biden administration is shaping its foreign policy moves in the Middle East.
