Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday made a surprise trip to Iraq, greeting U.S. troops stationed there and meeting with Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani.
Pence was there to reassure Iraqi Kurds that the U.S. continues to support them after President Donald Trump withdrew troops from northern Syria two months ago. It was the vice president’s second trip to the region in less than five weeks: Trump sent him to Ankara, Turkey, last month to help negotiate a ceasefire after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent troops to hit Kurdish fighters in northern Syria when the U.S. withdrew.
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