US commander: Partnership with Kurds against IS still strong
(WorldNews Health)

ERBIL, Iraq (AP) - A senior U.S. coalition commander said Friday the partnership with Syrian Kurdish forces remains strong and focused on fighting the Islamic State group, despite an expanding Turkish incursion on areas of Kurdish control. The U.S-Syrian Kurdish relationship, which dates back to 2014, was strained after President Donald Trump last month ordered American troops out of northern Syria, making way for a Turkish invasion of Kurdish-held towns and villages along a stretch of the border. On Friday, reports said U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Kobani, a border region where the partnership against IS was cemented in 2014, and that Russians moved into to replace them....