Acting American defense chief Patrick Shanahan met with his French counterpart, Florence Parly, in Washington, as the U.S. continues military operations in the war-ravaged country.

“We are working closely with the Turks, our strategic partner. More importantly, we are on plan for our drawdown in Syria,” Shanahan said at a joint-news conference with Parly, Anadolu news agency reported.

“We are in close coordination with our D-IS coalition partners on the real details of the plan,” he added.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw American forces from Syria late last year was met with significant pushback by close allies in Europe and among some of Trump’s closest legislative supporters on Capitol Hill.

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