The Middle East would have been a more stable and safer place if Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi remained in power in Iraq and Libya while Bashar Assad was stronger in Syria, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier this month that the United States will increase a number of refugees it takes over the next couple of years with 85,000 people allowed in next year and over 100,000 in 2017.