Baladi - Agencies
The AFP cited US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis as saying on Thursday that French special operations forces arrived in Syria over the past two weeks to help boost US-led efforts against the Islamic State group.
Speaking to senior lawmakers in Washington, Mattis responded to a question about whether the United States was planning on pulling out of Syria -- something President Donald Trump has said would happen "very soon."
Right now, "we are not withdrawing," Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"You'll see a reenergized effort," he said.
"You'll see increased operations on the Iraqi side of the border, and the French just reinforced us in Syria with special forces here in the last two weeks. This is an ongoing fight right now."
Source: The Daily Mail