Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walk past damaged buildings in a government held area of Aleppo, Syria December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Key U.S. allies in Europe are quietly expressing concern over President-elect Donald Trump's approach to Syria, warning that his pledge to work more closely with Russia, Damascus' main backer, will do little to diminish the terrorist threat emanating from Syria.
The diplomatic persuasion campaign has taken on new importance in recent days as the Syrian army, backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite militias, appears poised to retake all of Aleppo city in a major
defeat for Western-backed rebels.
Moscow and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are expected to cast Aleppo's fall as the end of a revolt against Assad that began in March 2011, although Western analysts predict the civil war, which has killed more than 300,000 people and made more than half of Syrians homeless, will continue, perhaps for years.
Western diplomats, who described discussions with Trump advisers on condition of anonymity, said their message was that a U.S. alliance with Russia, and by extension Assad, to crush groups like Islamic State will backfire.
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WNU editor: Those who are warning President-elect Trump on what to do in Syria (and elsewhere in the Middle East) .... are the same people who were in positions of power around when this disaster first started to unfold .... and are still there as the carnage continues unabated. If there was ever a time for "new blood" and a new approach to the Middle East .... it is now.
Moscow and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are expected to cast Aleppo's fall as the end of a revolt against Assad that began in March 2011, although Western analysts predict the civil war, which has killed more than 300,000 people and made more than half of Syrians homeless, will continue, perhaps for years.
Western diplomats, who described discussions with Trump advisers on condition of anonymity, said their message was that a U.S. alliance with Russia, and by extension Assad, to crush groups like Islamic State will backfire.
Read more ....
WNU editor: Those who are warning President-elect Trump on what to do in Syria (and elsewhere in the Middle East) .... are the same people who were in positions of power around when this disaster first started to unfold .... and are still there as the carnage continues unabated. If there was ever a time for "new blood" and a new approach to the Middle East .... it is now.
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