(23 Nov 2019) US Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.
First on his schedule was a meeting with Iraqi Kurdish Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil (Irbil).
The visit was meant to reassure the US allies in the fight against the Islamic State after Syrian Kurds suffered under a bloody Turkish assault last month following the withdrawal.
A senior US official said Pence’s visit was meant both to reassure Iraqi Kurds who remain allied with the US in the fight against IS, as well as Americans who have long supported the Kurdish cause, that the Trump administration remained committed to the alliance.
The visit was also designed to show Pence’s focus on foreign policy as Washington is gripped by the drama of impeachment.
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