Sec. 201. Determination and report relating to crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes in Syria
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The Secretary of State shall make a determination with respect to each of the following: Whether the al-Assad regime’s intentional barrel bombs dropped on the civilian population of Syria, the starve or surrender campaign of sieges throughout the Syrian conflict, or the campaign of forced displacement and widespread torture, particularly against the Sunni Muslim population of Syria, can be considered systematic and widespread and therefore constitutes crimes against humanity or constitutes genocide as defined in subsection
(a)of section 1091 of title 18, United States Code. Whether Iran, Hezbollah, and Iranian-backed militias’ sectarian cleansing campaigns especially in the Damascus suburbs, particularly against the Sunni Muslim population of Syria, can be considered systematic and widespread and therefore constitutes crimes against humanity or constitutes genocide as defined in subsection
(a)of section 1091 of title 18, United States Code. Whether the al-Assad regime’s and the Russian Federation’s intentional targeting of hospitals and relief workers, constitutes a war crime as defined in section 2441 of title 18 of the United States Code. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public a report that contains each determination made under subsection (a). The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary. The unclassified portion of such report shall be made available on a publicly available internet website of the Federal Government.