Top U.S. Commander For The Middle East Returns To Iraq To Mend Ties After The Soleimani Killing

Marine Corp General Kenneth McKenzie, head of United States Central Command and caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi

FOX News: Top US commander for Mideast quietly returns to Iraq to try mending relations after Soleimani killing

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East paid a visit to Iraq Tuesday with little fanfare, as the U.S. tries to quell an Iraqi push for U.S. troop removal in light of the attack which took out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on their soil.

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie was the most senior U.S. military official to visit Iraq since the drone attack in Baghdad which took out not only Iran’s most powerful general but an Iraqi general traveling with him as well. Iraqi Gen. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.

McKenzie met with leaders in Baghdad and visited American troops at al-Assad airbase, which was bombed by Iran last month in retaliation. “I think we're going to be able to find a way forward,” McKenzie told reporters upon leaving the country, saying that he was “heartened” by the meetings.

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