relationships but businesses, the economy, the diplomacy and the intelligence flow. so these are some of the things that are increasingly concerning about about some of the things that mr. trump is saying. one more quickly. we talked about sanctions on russia and germany is middle east peace, david challion, we have heard this before but trump reiterated it in this joint interview that his son-in-law who will have a post in the west wing, he is thinking jared kushner could lead the middle east peace effort. what experience does he have? well, obviously, he doesn t have experience in negotiating middle east peace or those kinds of relationships. governmental relationships like that. but jared kushner also had no experience in running presidential campaigns and he helped get his father-in-law elected president. it s not that he can t learn. but, no, he certainly doesn t come with experience to that particular assignment that
active role than president obama did. so far, the indications are that given the closeness of donald trump and the warming up certainly of donald trump and russia, the question is, will the united states try to intervene and limit russia s gains in syria, so to speak, as a result of these syrian peace talks. if donald trump s words and statements are any indication, it may be the case where he may step back and let russia play the main role in this which would effectively give russia even more control in syria in a cease-fire and peace deal would be assigned. whether they attend or the u.s. decides not to attend, it will be a very important statement for the trump s administration or the u.s. stance in the world thank you so much for your reporting. to another peace effort that is underway. this one happening right now in paris. some 70 countries are meeting to pressure israeli and palestinian
negotiations as well as safe and quick humanitarian aid for the war-torn country. john huddy is live in our middle east bureau with the latest. hey there, john. julie, the resolution also supports russia and turkey s peace effort in syria where a cease-fire is largely holding at this point despite some reports of violence and on going fighting just north about ten miles north of damascus in a rebel held area there. the free syrian army, syria s rebel alliance, main opposition group threatened to abandon the truce tonight if attacks on rebel held areas continued but so far though that hasn t happened. it remains relatively calm in other parts of the country. now, russia and turkey crafted the latest truce. two countries as we know that have been on opposite sides of the fighting in syria s nearly six-years civil war. the u.n. security council supports the cease-fire and talks between syria s government
information and confirm facts as we know them and we ll pass that information along to you as we get it. now we move on to the war in syria. diplomats from the united states, from iran and russia and other countries, have agreed on a new peace effort after meeting in vienna on friday. the talks led to an understanding on key points, including rights for all syrians. but the leaders are still very far apart on the future of the syrian president bashar al assad. reporter: the meeting in vienna by itself did not produce a political solution that could pave the way for peace in syria. however, all sides that were involved did say they find the meeting was very important, also of course for the very first the iranians were at the table. secretary of state john kerry said afterwards that he believed there were many points that the international community does agree on that are important to try and stop the fighting in
diplomats agreed on a peace effort in the united states as they look at their role in the war. u.s., russia and a dozen countries met on friday calling for a cease-fire in syria. they are urging the united nations to mediate talks between the syrian regime. u.s. secretary of state, john kerry outlined there are differences between the leader, bashar al assad. the foreign minister and i and others agree to disagree. the united states position is there is no way president assad can unite and govern syria. meanwhile, the united states is set to deploy troops, several dozen troops, planning to help train and advise syrian forces fighting isis. the white house says they will not have a combat mission in syria, but will defend themselves, if needed.