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Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning to Vladimir Putin to secure a ceasefire with Ukraine after Syrian rebels toppled their longtime leader - a major Kremlin ally. Trump voiced his views via Truth Social after Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, fled amid a dramatic coup following more than 13 years of civil war in the country. The Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in Syria in the heart of the region - allies who propped up Assad during critical periods in the conflict. Trump tied the seismic moment in the Middle East...

US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy was up for a deal to bring his country’s war with Russia to an end and called upon Vladimir Putin to take a step towards negotiation. Stating that he knows Putin “well", Trump said that it is “his time to act" in ending the Russia-Ukraine war that has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides of the border. His remarks came a day after he met Zelenskyy in Paris along with French President Emmanuel Macron who hosted three-way talks at the Elysee Palace on Saturday. “Russia and Iran are...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia's abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, adding Moscow never should have protected him in the first place and then lost interest because of a war in Ukraine that never should have started. "Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by (President) Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place," Trump wrote. "They lost all interest in...

In a lengthy social media post, Donald Trump has called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, while referencing the apparent collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. The president-elect made the remarks in a post on his Truth Social website early on Sunday morning, in which he argued Russia was in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine war and said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to "make a deal and stop this madness." On Saturday evening and Sunday morning, Syrian rebels streamed into their country's capital Damascus as the 24-year-old regime of President Assad reportedly collapsed. In...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States should not interfere in Syria in a post on social media site Truth Social. "Syria is a mess but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!" Trump said. He also said that the rebels in Syria are on the outskirts of Damascus and are preparing for a major move to remove Assad. "Russia, because of the heavy losses in Ukraine, cannot stop it. The Russians, like Assad, could be...