There will be no French boots on the ground in Syria.<br /><br /> That was the message reiterated on Tuesday by France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls.<br /><br /> But he said, without elaborating, that Paris would support regional ground troops if they were to intervene against ISIL militants.<br /><br /> Valls exclut toute intervention française au sol en #Syrie http://t.co/vUsKBnZ13h pic.twitter.com/1uG1UuGtgf— Le Monde (@lemondefr) September 15, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> At a debate in parliament, Valls defended France’s air campaign against ISIL, now to involve air strikes in Syria as well as reconnaissance flights.<br /><br /> Stressing French control over this air mission, deemed necessary by President Francois Hollande, Valls said: <br /><br /> “We alone will choose which targets to hit but of course it is out of the question that these air strikes will help to reinforce Bashar al-Assad’s regime.”<br /><br /> The premier said that any compromise or arrangement with the Syrian President to reach a political solution is impossible as far as Paris is concer
