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Congress strikes a crucial blow at Bashar Assad

By Tom Rogan
Published December 12, 2019 7:17pm ET
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Congress strikes a crucial blow at Bashar Assad
You probably haven’t heard about it, but the House of Representatives scored a major win for human rights this week. It did so by looping legislation under the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act into its passage of the National Defense Authorization Act. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law after Senate passage […]

You probably haven’t heard about it, but the House of Representatives scored a major win for human rights this week.

It did so by looping legislation under the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act into its passage of the National Defense Authorization Act. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law after Senate passage next week.

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