The president-elect’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. has reportedly met with a leading secular figure in the Syrian opposition to discuss ending Syria’s civil war. Russia expects to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria with the help of the new US administration. Trump Jr. met with Randa Kassis, a Syrian politician who strongly supports Russian intervention, at a high profile meeting in Paris last month and discussed a “way to cooperate with Russia” to stop the war in Syria, according to the Wall Street Journal. RT.com reports: Some 30 people, including Donald Trump Jr., reportedly joined an event attended by diplomats, businessmen, and politicians, which was hosted by the Center of Political and Foreign Affairs, a French think tank that focuses on “geopolitics, government policies and private industries interests.” According to the WSJ, the founder of the think tank, Fabien Baussart, and his wife, Randa Kassis, have “worked closely with Russia to try to end the conflict in Syria.” Damascus-born Ms. Kassis is said to be a leading secular figure in the Syrian opposition and the founder of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society. She told the newspaper that she had emphasized the importance of cooperating with Russia in the [...]
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