Pub. L. 118-159, div. A, tit. XII, subtit. C, sec. 1233 (as amended)
STATEMENT OF POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF THE ASSAD REGIME.
SEC. 1233. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF THE ASSAD REGIME.
It is the policy of the United States not to recognize or normalize relations with any government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad due to the Assad regime’s ongoing crimes against the Syrian people.