Week Ahead: Syrian opposition comes to Congress
A look at the Middle East issues Congress will be addressing the week of May 5.
The Western-backed Syrian opposition will blanket Capitol Hill next week, with no fewer than four top officials making their case for the United States to step up its involvement by providing anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons.
The president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces — Syria's main opposition umbrella group — will be visiting with top lawmakers of both parties Wednesday through Friday.
He is expected to be accompanied by his chief of staff, the new head of the Supreme Military Command and the opposition's top diplomatic adviser.
“It's a message of unity we're bringing to policymakers,” a Washington-based adviser to the coalition told Al-Monitor.
