{"id":53480,"date":"2018-04-26T23:03:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T23:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/26\/mattis-foresees-re-energized-fight-against-isis-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:09:03","slug":"mattis-foresees-re-energized-fight-against-isis-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/26\/mattis-foresees-re-energized-fight-against-isis-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis foresees \u2018re-energized\u2019 fight against ISIS in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S.-led coalition is about to accelerate its fight against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/04\/white-house-says-syria-mission-coming-to-a-rapid-end\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic State group<\/a> in Syria and Iraq, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle slowed in recent months after Syrian Kurdish fighters, who have been the main American proxy in eastern Syria, switched their attention to fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/31\/at-volatile-syrian-front-line-us-turkey-on-opposing-sides\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish forces<\/a> in western Syria. Mattis\u2019 comments appeared to suggest that this pause is coming to an end, although he did not discuss specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/04\/trump-wants-troops-out-of-syria-but-his-generals-may-resist\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3875398.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump wants troops out of Syria, but his generals may resist<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The White House pushing for a \u201crapid end\u201d to the mission in Syria, but experts on the region see the Pentagon\u2019s operational momentum as the key hurdle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon chief was responding to a question from Sen. 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He said \u201cyou\u2019ll see increased operations on the Iraq side of the border,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2018\/04\/20\/who-learned-more-from-the-strikes-in-syria-america-or-russia\/?utm_source=clavis\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Who learned more from the strikes in Syria \u2015 America or Russia?<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unusual for Mattis to talk publicly about future military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis also said France sent an unspecified number of special forces in the past two weeks to reinforce the coalition effort in the Middle Euphrates River Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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