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manitarian actors, including international non-
governmental organizations (INGOs), for cross- 
border work from Turkey and in ensuring effi-
cient, open supply lines for humanitarian assist-
ance and personnel through border crossing 
points on the Turkey-Syria and Iraq-Syria bor-
ders, and facilitating safe passage of humani-
tarian assistance to Syrians inside Syria based 
on need. 
(H) The actions of the Government of 
Turkey and Turkish-backed forces in the oper-
ation of all camps for families displaced by con-
flict as civilian facilities, and ensuring that 
camp residents, in particular women and chil-
dren, are treated as civilian victims of conflict 
in accordance with international law and stand-
ards. 
(I) The actions of the Government of Tur-
key and Turkish-backed forces in taking effec-
tive measures to protect civilians and civilian 
infrastructure, including health facilities, water 
pumping stations, and restricting use of explo-
sive weapons in populated areas. 
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SEC. 12. STRATEGY TO PREVENT THE RESURGENCE OF 
THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA 
(ISIS) AND ITS AFFILIATES. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the heads of other appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a strategy to prevent the resur-
gence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq 
and Syria. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY.—The strategy re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A summary of the United States national 
security interests in Iraq and Syria and the impact 
a resurgence of ISIS would have on such interests. 
(2) A assessment of current training and sup-
port programs by Federal agency or department, 
specifically focused on countering ISIS and other 
terrorist organizations, including non-lethal assist-
ance, training, and organizational capacity for the 
Syrian Democratic Forces, the Iraqi Security 
Forces, the Kurdish Peshmerga, and others to 
counter gains by ISIS and its affiliates. 
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(3) A description of United States Government 
efforts to support, develop, and expand local govern-
ance structures in areas in Syria previously liberated 
from ISIS control. 
(4) An estimate of the number of current, ac-
tive ISIS members in Iraq and Syria, including an 
assessment of those being held in detainee camps or 
prisons. 
(5) A comprehensive plan to address ISIS de-
tainees currently being held in Syria and Iraq, in-
cluding the following elements: 
(A) The designation of an existing official 
within the Department of State to serve as a 
senior-level coordinator to coordinate, in con-
junction with the lead and other relevant agen-
cies, all matters for the United States Govern-
ment relating to the long-term disposition of 
ISIS foreign terrorist fighter detainees, includ-
ing all matters in connection with— 
(i) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, 
and intelligence-gathering; 
(ii) coordinating a whole-of-govern-
ment approach with other countries and 
international 
organizations, 
including 
INTERPOL, to ensure secure chains of 
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custody and locations of ISIS foreign ter-
rorist fighter detainees; 
(iii) coordinating technical and evi-
dentiary assistance to foreign countries to 
aid in the successful prosecution of ISIS 
foreign terrorist fighter detainees; and 
(iv) all multilateral and international 
engagements led by the Department of 
State and other agencies that are related 
to the current and future handling, deten-
tion, and prosecution of ISIS foreign ter-
rorist fighter detainees. 
(B) A description, which may be in classi-
fied form, of ISIS senior leadership and infra-
structure and efforts to target leadership fig-
ures. 
(C) A comprehensive description of United 
States activities utilizing social media and other 
communication technologies to counter ISIS’s 
propaganda, influence, and ability to recruit 
fighters domestically and internationally, in-
cluding with private technology companies, and 
how such activities are being coordinated across 
the United States Government. 
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(D) A description of the efforts of the 
United States Government, including economic 
sanctions, to deny financial resources, including 
revenues from natural resources extraction, sale 
of antiquities, kidnapping, extortion, taxation, 
smuggling, access to cash storage sites, and ac-
cess to international financial networks, to ISIS 
and its affiliates, in conjunction with inter-
national partners and financial institutions. 
(E) A description of United States Govern-
ment efforts to support credible war crimes 
prosecutions against ISIS fighters. 
(F) A plan to ensure the delivery of hu-
manitarian assistance. 
SEC. 13. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS 
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING THE 
LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT, AND OTHER 
HARM TO CIVILIANS IN SYRIA DURING TUR-
KEY’S MILITARY INVASION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) Turkish and pro-Turkish forces should end 
all practices involving arbitrary arrests, enforced dis-
appearances, torture, arbitrary executions, and other 
unlawful treatment; and 
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