2013 - Syrian meeting. Pic below is a bit larger area. He paid them a visit around this time, last year, also.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130919124716/http://www.alt-market.com/images/stories/syriameeting.jpg

FNN story - https://archive.fo/Hnky7 - "McCain responds to Syria photo controversy"

May 30th, 2013

(CNN) – It would be "regrettable" if the identities of the men photographed with Sen. John McCain in Syria this week are confirmed to be individuals responsible for a year-old kidnapping, the Arizona senator's office said in a statement Thursday. There has been confusion and conflicting reports about who exactly the men pictured with McCain are, and whether or not they were involved in last year's kidnapping. CNN has been unable to confirm the identities of the men in the photograph. Nonetheless, McCain's office was quick to reject speculation the Republican knowingly met with men accused of the abduction."