France says ISIS not defeated, troops to remain in Syria
France will keep troops in northern Syria for now because Islamic State group terrorists have not been wiped out—contrary to the view of Washington—and continue to pose a threat to French interests, officials said.
France is a leading member of the US-led coalition fighting militants in Syria and Iraq and has around 1,000 troops including special forces based in the north of the country, deployed alongside local Kurdish and Arab forces.
