Senior senators urge great satan US to arm west-backed Syria opposition

Two Republican US senators have called on the administration of the country’s President Barack Obama to multiply its efforts to oust the Syrian regime by arming the Middle Eastern country’s opposition.

Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who both serve on Senate Armed Services Committee, made the appeal on Sunday.

“I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement,” McCain said.

“So I am not only not opposed, but I am in favor of weapons being obtained by the opposition,” he added.

The senator further explained that the US government could equip the Syrian opposition through ‘third-world countries’ and the Arab League (AL).

Graham said, “If the Syrian regime is replaced with another form of government…the world is a better place.”

Syria has been experiencing unrest and terrorsit attacks to civillian and army forces. The violence has claimed the lives of hundreds, reportedly including over 2,000 security forces.

The senators’ comments come a day after media reports showed that ‘a good number’ of US military and intelligence drones are operating in the airspace over Syria.