US Senator John McCain on Sunday slammed the Syria truce deal his government forged with Russia, saying it would only empower Moscow's "military aggression," AFP reports.
"Let's be clear about what this agreement does: It permits the assault on Aleppo to continue for another week. It requires opposition groups to stop fighting but it allows Russia to continue bombing terrorists which it insists is everyone, including civilians," said McCain, a leading member of the opposition Republicans and head of the Senate Armed Forces Committee.
"If Russia or the Assad regime violates this agreement, what are the consequences? I don't see any," he told an audience at the Munich Security Conference.