The Washington Post                30/11/2016

Russia has been in contact over Syria with the team of President-elect Donald Trump, a senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday, suggesting that Moscow is already looking past the Obama administration when it comes to the crisis in Syria. Continue reading →

RT                  25/11/2016

Donald Trump should surround himself with “realist” advisers, who understand the necessity of Russia-US cooperation in battling radical Islamists before any “political transition” attempts in Syria, one member of the secular opposition, Randa Kassis, told RT. Continue reading →

RT                   24/11/2016

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Haaretz                     24/11/2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son met with a diplomats, politicians and businesspeople last month at a forum focused in part on finding a solution to the Syrian conflict through cooperation with Russia.
The discussions with the pro-Russia figures took place in Paris at an event hosted by a French think tank, the Center of Political and Foreign Affairs, the Wall Street Journal reported. Continue reading →

Pravda Tv               24/11/2016

Elder son of the US President-elect Donald Trump Jr carried out private talks with diplomats, businessmen and politicians in Paris, where they discussed possible ways of cooperation with Russia on Syria. The meeting was held on 11 October at the Ritz hotel, 30 politicians and businessmen took part. In particular, Randa Kassis, leader of the moderate Syrian opposition, was present. Before that she used to speak for cooperation with Russia and Bashar al-Assad. On 22 November she claimed in an interview with Al-Jazeera: ‘Russia has interfered to save the country, for the sake of Syria. The problem is that you do not know Russians, do not understand them… You just accuse them of being against opposition’.  Continue reading →

Middle East Eye             24/11/2016

Donald Trump’s son held meetings in Paris with a prominent member of a Syrian “patriotic opposition” group strongly backed by Russia, strengthening expectations that the new US administration will side with Moscow in the Syrian war. Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal             23/11/2016

Donald Trump’s eldest son, emerging as a potential envoy for the president-elect, held private discussions with diplomats, businessmen and politicians in Paris last month that focused in part on finding a way to cooperate with Russia to end the war in Syria, according to people who took part in the meetings. Continue reading →

MID                                08/11/2016

On November 8, Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa,  Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with President of the Syrian opposition Movement for a Pluralistic Society Randa Kassis. Continue reading →