Trump: US Must Focus on Fighting ISIL, not Changing Syria Regime

US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will most likely abandon the Obama administration policy on Syria to seek a possible rapprochement with Russia.


“I’ve had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria,” the 70-year-old Republican told the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since the election.

From the start of the Syrian war, Barack Obama’s foreign policy has been focused on the support and training of the so-called “moderate” militant groups who were supposed to defeat ISIL terrorists, and survive to eventually overthrow President Assad.

That approach became deadlocked this year when Washington failed to honor its obligations under an agreement with Moscow to separate their “moderate militant” forces from internationally-recognized terrorists.

Trump, on the other hand, said on Friday that the US should be focused on fighting ISIL, instead of pursuing regime change in Syria.
 [almanar.com.lb/rt.com]
12/11/16
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