Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian threats in the Middle East and North Africa

Not later than 180 days after August 2, 2017, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include at a minimum the following: An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the region, including— A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, including— Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees and leadership” means—