{"id":77051,"date":"2016-11-25T03:44:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=77051"},"modified":"2016-11-25T03:44:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:44:30","slug":"trumps-syria-strategy-would-be-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=77051","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Syria Strategy Would Be a Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time since his election victory his position on the crisis in Syria. In his remarks, he laid out his determination to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State and to cease support to those fighting President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria.\u2026 My attitude was you\u2019re fighting Syria; Syria is fighting ISIS; and you have to get rid of ISIS. 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