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U.S. envoy visited Kurdish-held Syrian north

FILE - In this Sunday, March. 3, 2013 file photo, a Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a checkpoint near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. Syria’s Kurds have dramatically strengthened their hold on the far northeast reaches of the country, carving out territory as they drive out Islamic militant fighters allied to the rebellion and declaring their own civil administration in areas under their control this week amid the chaos of the civil war. The moves could be a first step toward creating an autonomous region similar to one Kurds run across the border as virtually a separate country within Iraq. But the Kurds’ drive has angered rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. It even worries some Kurds, who suspect the main faction leading the fighting and the new administration is actually acting on behalf of Assad to undermine the rebellion.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)
A Kurdish female stands guard at a checkpoint near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. (AP)

U.S. envoy visited Kurdish-held Syrian north

U.S. envoy Brett McGurk visited northern Syria for two days to ensure progress in the campaign to destroy ISIS

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A senior U.S. official visited Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria at the weekend to assess progress in the campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a U.S. official said, and a Syrian Kurdish official said he landed at a Kurdish-held airport in the area.

“We can confirm that Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk completed a two day visit to northern Syria this weekend to assess progress in the campaign to degrade and destroy ISIS,” the U.S. official said.

The Syrian Kurdish official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said McGurk landed by helicopter at the Syrian Kurdish-controlled air base of Rmeilan, adding that it was being used for logistical flights by U.S. military helicopters.

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