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| France has deployed its special forces on the ground in northern Syria to advise rebels and help them fight Islamic State, a French Defense Ministry official has revealed to AFP. | |
| "The offensive at Manbij is clearly being backed by a certain number of states including France. It's the usual support - it's advisory," the official told the agency. | |
| Until now, France admitted the presence of some 150 special forces in the region, all of them in Iraqi Kurdistan. | |
| Manbij is a key strategic town under Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) control in northern Syria. It’s a waypoint between the Turkish border and the IS-held Raqqa. | |
| The latest remark isn’t the first hint at the French presence in Syria: last Friday, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said to TV channel Public Senat that Paris was “providing support through weapons supplies, air presence and advice". | |
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