Trump will be ‘natural ally’ for Syria alongside Russia and Iran, Bashar al-Assad reveals
DONALD Trump will be a “natural ally” to Syria if he fulfils his pledge to fight “terrorists”, Bashar al-Assad has said.
Reacting to Trump’s momentous election victory last week, the Syrian president said he would welcome a US policy that focused more on fighting ISIS, but remains doubtful.
The Syrian leader said: “We cannot tell anything about what he’s going to do, but if… he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries.
“Thats why for us it’s still dubious whether he can do or live up to his promises or not.
“That’s why we are very cautious in judging him, especially as he wasn’t in a political position before.”
The billionaire said: “You can’t be fighting two people that are fighting each other, and fighting them together. You have to pick one or the other.”
Young Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, aged five, was injured during airstrikes in Aleppo
The Republican added he wants to improve America’s relationship with Russia, but if the US attacked Assad, they would “end up fighting” Assad’s main backer, Russia.
The attack was launched hours after Putin and Trump had a “friendly” conference call, during which they agreed to destroy ISIS.
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