The Syrian President Bashar Assad said that the Syrian government cannot predict the actions of the US President-elect Donald Trump, but will welcome him if he intends to fight terrorism. Assad told Portuguese television broadcaster RTP in an interview released on yesterday.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting airstrikes against IS terrorist group in Syria and Iraq since 2014. The strikes have not been authorized by Assad’s government or the UN Security Council. Ahead of the US presidential elections, Trump has said that the United States should stop trying to overthrow Assad and instead start looking for a diplomatic solution jointly with Russia.