The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that blocks Washington from normalising relations with Syria under President Bashar Al-Assad. The Assad Anti-Normalisation Act was adopted with 389 votes in favour and 32 against, which means it will now move to the Senate for another vote. If adopted, it will need to be signed by President Joe Biden before becoming law. “As a humanitarian organization that has worked on this bill since the inception of its idea, we are proud to see legislation that holds the Assad regime and those normalizing with war criminals accountable,” Mouaz Mou…