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War in Syria – Assad turned to the United States and personally to Trump with a request for a deal – UNIAN
The dictator gave the order to send troops to the capital, making it clear that he was open to negotiations.
As rebels edge ever closer to the Syrian capital, dictator Bashar al-Assad has made a last-ditch effort to stay in power, including indirect diplomatic overtures to the United States and President-elect Donald Trump.
Assad ordered his army to retreat to defend Damascus, essentially ceding much of the country to rebels who captured the major cities of Aleppo and Hama in a lightning offensive last week, Bloomberg writes. Now they are on the outskirts of Homs.
The publication's sources claim that one of the proposals that Assad made to the United States through the United Arab Emirates is that Syria stop…
