In an interview earlier this week, Syrian President Bashar Assad said that he would welcome President-elect Donald Trump as a ‘natural ally’ in the fight against terrorism. Asked to comment on Assad’s remarks, 21stCenturyWire.com founder Patrick Henningsen stressed that his hopes can be met, if Trump continues to maintain his independent streak.
In his interview for Portuguese television broadcaster RTP, Assad said that while “we cannot tell anything about what he [Trump] is going to do, but if, let’s say if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be an ally, a natural ally in that regard, [together] with the Russians, the Iranians, with many other countries who want to defeat the terrorists.” – READ MORE
