"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 AFP 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 ISIS control in northern Syria. It’s a waypoint between the Turkish border and the ISIS-held Raqqa.
The latest comment isn’t the first hint at France’s presence in Syria: last Friday, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the Public Senat TV channel that Paris was “providing support through weapons supplies, air presence and advice," RT reported.
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