Congress Is Pushing Sanctions Against Supporters of Syria's Bashar al-Assad
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act passed the House on Tuesday and remains pending in the Senate.
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Aída Chávez is communications director and policy adviser at Just Foreign Policy. She was previously The Nation’s D.C. correspondent and a reporter at The Intercept, More Perfect Union, and other outlets.
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