Story highlights Saleh: Many Syrians would support Trump's call for closer ties with Russia in fight against ISISSaleh: Clinton is associated with Obama, who many Syrians blame for country's current illsLatakia, Syria (CNN) Editor's Note: Nai Saleh lives in government-controlled Latakia in northwest Syria. Saleh writes under a pseudonym out of concerns for her safety. It doesn't make a huge difference to Syrians here if there's a new administration in the White House, Democrat or Republican. That was the overall impression here, even before Donald Trump was in the picture. US politics don't concern Syrians much, even if many here believe Trump would align himself with the regime of Bashar al-Assad to strike at Islamic terror groups.

Source: CNN August 16, 2016 13:07 UTC