Trumps strategy and key players in new Syria
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Trump's strategy and key players in new Syria
LONDON - U.S. policy under Trump significantly differed from Biden's and the broader deep state. The Obama administration gave Turkey the role of sponsoring “Sunni political Islam” to counter the Axis of Resistance, while Trump was firmer in opposing Turkey’s Middle East ambitions. Trump views Syria’s new rulers as terrorists and prefers a Syrian government backed by the Persian Gulf Arab states over Turkey.