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US lawmakers push sanctions for Syria's Tadamon massacre

Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) called on the Biden administration to sanction four Syrians linked to the 2013 murder of 41 unarmed civilians.

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People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings on a street in the Tadamun neighborhood south of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Nov. 3, 2018. — LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images

A pair of lawmakers are calling for the Biden administration to sanction a group of Syrians believed to be responsible for a near decade-old massacre of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Tadamon. 

“Even as we struggle to cope with our own national tragedies, as co-chairs of the Friends of a Free, Stable, and Democratic Syria Caucus here in Congress, we write to call your attention to another horrific massacre that occurred thousands of miles away,” read the letter from Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) sent to President Joe Biden on Wednesday. 

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