Washington (CNN) Despite President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops from Syria and recent statements from some senior administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, saying ISIS has been defeated, the US-led fight against the terror group in Syria is continuing, with US-backed forces recapturing ISIS-held towns and the US-led coalition carrying out hundreds of air and artillery strikes in recent weeks.

Between December 16 and December 29, US-led coalition military forces conducted 469 air and artillery strikes targeting ISIS in Syria. The strikes were carried out against ISIS fighters, buildings, oil facilities, vehicles, tunnels, weapons caches and improvised explosive device facilities, according to a statement issued by the coalition.

Prior to that period the coalition had been averaging about 200 strikes per week in Syria as fighting around the ISIS-held town of Hajin ramped up. Hajin was captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on December 25.

A Pentagon spokesperson previously told CNN that "As long as there are US troops on the ground we will conduct air and artillery strikes in support of our forces."

And while Pence told Fox News this week that "The reality is we have defeated ISIS," the fighting continues as local US-backed Syrian forces battle the terror group.

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