(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led International Coalition has set up new military base for French troops in the eastern province of Raqqa, local monitoring group said Friday.
The French forces will be stationed north of the city center as the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been digging trenches around the base.
The SDF has been the main partner of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria, helping drive the jihadists out of swathes of northern and eastern Syria last year.
The Assad's regime controls nearly two-thirds of Syria and is determined to reassert its authority over Kurdish-held territory, which forms the lion's share of the rest.
But Kurdish leaders and their supporters are desperate to salvage what they can of their painstakingly built institutions.
Syria's war has left more than 360,000 people dead and displaced millions since it broke out with the brutal repression of an initially peaceful uprising in 2011.
Zaman Al Wasl
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