The US administration is considering a plan to greatly increase the number of American special operations forces deployed to Syria as it looks to accelerate recent gains against Daesh militant group, the Sky News reported.

One of the officials, with direct knowledge of the proposal's details, said it would leave the US special operations contingent many times larger than the around 50 troops currently in Syria, where they operate largely as advisors away from the front lines.

US officials said the group is losing a battle to forces arrayed against it from many sides in the vast region it controls in Iraq and Syria.

Source: MENA