U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday called for a Senate re...
U.S Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reacts during the weekly Senate policy lunches in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
McConnell, speaking on the Senate floor, said he would like to see “strong, forward-looking strategic statement” on Syria that would specify whether the U.S. should maintain a military presence in Syria and address the plights of the country’s minority Sunni and Christian communities. But McConnell’s Democratic counterpart called for immediate action on the House resolution, saying there was no time for delay because Trump appears to have no plan for dealing with the Turkish offensive against U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds that followed the withdrawal.
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