Michael Kurilla

General Michael Kurilla, the Commander of the US Central Command, on Thursday visited northeast Syria (Photo: CENTCOM)

Syria

CENTCOM commander visits camps and prisons holding ISIS fighters in northeast Syria

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

USA

CENTCOM: ISIS, Iran are two big threats in region

Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi, right, met with General Michael Kurilla on an undisclosed date (Photo: SDF Press)

Syria

SDF leader expresses concerns over Turkish threats to US CENTCOM chief

Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi, left, met with General Michael Kurilla on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2022, in northeast Syria (Photo: SDF Press)

Syria

SDF Commander-in-Chief discusses ISIS detainees with US CENTCOM commander

US Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla was nominated to succeed Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie as head of Central Command (CENTCOM) in a Senate Committee hearing on Tuesday (Photo: Screengrab from hearing)

USA

Key US Senator, CENTCOM nominee-commander hail Masoud Barzani, Peshmerga

President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, to head U.S. Central Command and be promoted to four-star general, according to multiple U.S. officials. (Photo: Spc. Andrea Notter/U.

USA

Biden taps combat-hardened officer to lead Central Command