President Donald Trump will end the CIA program authorized by his predecessor in 2013 to arm Syrian rebel groups against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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'Putin won in Syria': Trump is reportedly ending the CIA's covert program to arm Syrian rebels
President Donald Trump will end the CIA program authorized by his predecessor to arm Syrian rebel groups against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Russian President Putin attends a live nationwide broadcasted call-in in Moscow
The decision comes just more than three months after Trump ordered the
Ned Price, a former CIA officer who served as s under President Barack Obama, declined
"It also fits a broader pattern," Price said. 'The White House appears content to kowtow to Moscow on any number of fronts — including in Syria, where, with each passing day, this administration appears to harbor fewer objections to the continued rule of Bashar al-Assad, a murderous dictator who continues to slaughter his own people."
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