Eli Lake, Columnist

Syria's Opposition Wants Trump to 'Drive a Wedge' Between Iran and Russia

Assad's foes hope the Kremlin will warm to the U.S. and ease off in the Middle East.

December 15, 2016 at 3:22 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Syria.
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The last person in the world one would expect to support Donald Trump's coming outreach to Russia would be Abdul Ilah Fahad.

He is the secretary general of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. His side has been bombed mercilessly by Russian aircraft for more than a year now.