Damascus wants Trump to end rebel support - Syria foreign minister

Reuters

20/11/2016

12:08 MYT

Damascus wants Trump to end rebel support - Syria foreign minister

UN mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura (L) talks with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem (R) during a meeting in Damascus, Syria on April 11, 2016. - REUTERS / SANA / Handout via Reuters

It is too soon to judge what policy U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will have on Syria's civil war, but Damascus hopes he will end support for armed groups and curb regional powers who back them, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem said on Sunday.

"What we want from the new administration is not just to stop support (for armed groups)... but to curb those regional powers that are supporting those groups... we have to wait," he said during a televised news conference in Damascus.