Senior US Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have expressed concern over Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s commending of Russia’s “right approach” in Syria.
“His statements about Syria really disturb me. No, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not have it right when it comes to Syria,” Graham said on Sunday. “I am so worried about the State Department.”
Tillerson said after attending a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Putin on Friday that Moscow may have “got the right approach” and Washington the wrong one to resolving the ongoing conflict in Syria.
Both Russia and the US have been leading military campaigns in Syria. Unlike Washington, however, Moscow only intervened upon a request from Damascus and has coordinated its airstrikes with Syrian military forces to minimize civilian casualties.
“Maybe they’ve got the right approach and we’ve got the…