Pentagon chief flies into Iraqi Kurdistan, to meet Barzani

  24 July 2015    Read: 957
Pentagon chief flies into Iraqi Kurdistan, to meet Barzani
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived on an unannounced visit on Friday to Erbil, the capital of Iraq`s Kurdistan region, whose forces have emerged as one of America`s strongest partners in the fight against Islamic State.

Carter was expected to meet the Kurdistan region`s President Massoud Barzani as well as US forces. His visit to Erbil came a day after the Pentagon chief travelled to Baghdad to meet Iraqi leaders as they advance plans to recapture the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants.

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