Sec. 1224. Strategy to counter the Assad regime’s support and cooperation with Iran-backed militias in Syria
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on the use of its existing authorities to disrupt and degrade threats to the national security of the United States caused by Iran-backed militias in Syria. The strategy required by subsection
(a)shall outline how the Department of Defense will— leverages existing authorities to detect and monitor activities related to Iran-backed militias; evaluate existing policies, procedures, processes, and resources of the Department to counter the threat of Iran-backed militias in Syria; protect United States servicemembers from attacks from Iran-backed militias in Syria; make the countering of Iran-backed militias in Syria, including the Assad regime’s support of such militias, a key policy objective in United States policy towards Syria; provide a description of the Assad regime’s potential role in Iran-backed militia attacks against United States servicemembers, specifically attacks on or after October 7, 2023; provide an assessment of the freedom of movement of Iranian proxies particularly between Abu Kamal and the deconfliction zone in eastern Syria and the operational implications of this movement; provide a description of the potential capability of Iran-backed militias to transport weapons and weapons systems from Syria into Lebanon and a plan to counter any such transfers; and provide an assessment of the impact of Iran’s sectarian cleansing and demographic change project in Syria on Iran’s ability to sustain military threats to the United States and its allies and maintain support to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The strategy required by subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.