2016年5月22日,美联社、有线电视新闻网(CNN)等美国几家主要新闻媒体几乎同时报道,新任美军中央司令部司令约瑟夫·沃特尔(JosephVotel)在前一天进入叙利亚北部库尔德人聚居区,会见了与“伊斯兰国”作战的当地库尔德民兵,以及帮助培训民兵的美军特种部队人员,并实地考察了当地安全形势。但因保密和安全的考虑,有限的几名随行记者被禁止透露沃特尔一行进入叙利亚北 On May 22, 2016, several major U.S. news outlets, including the Associated Press and CNN, reported at about the same time that Joseph Votel, the commander of the new U.S. Central Command, entered the northern part of Syria on the day before In the enclave, they met with local Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State and with U.S. special forces personnel who helped train the militias and inspected the security situation on the ground. However, due to confidentiality and security considerations, a limited number of accompanying journalists were forbidden to disclose the involvement of Vorter in Syrian North