“We deployed Jaguar Special Forces on the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf,” Macron wrote on Twitter.

Dans la péninsule arabique et dans le Golfe arabo-persique, nous avons déployé en un temps record la Task force Jaguar, et par les initiatives avec nos partenaires européens, nous renforçons la sécurité maritime dans cette région si stratégique pour nous.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) January 16, 2020

The President noted that the deployment of special forces was carried out "in record time."

He also emphasized that France continues to fight ISIS.

Earlier, Emmanuel Macron said that the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would be sent to the Middle East to support Paris military operations.