(Washington, D.C.) - Aleppo entered a new level of despair said a coalition of aid groups on Friday. Last night, over 50 air strikes hit the city and 91 casualties were reported, as the government launched its offensive campaign to retake rebel-held areas.
(Washington, D.C.) - According to news reports, the bipartisan Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act has been pulled from the legislative calendar in the House of Representatives, where it was expected to pass easily.
HUMANITARIAN GROUPS LAUD NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY ON WHITE HELMETS AS A CALL TO ACTION TO SUPPORT SYRIAN AID WORKERS
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(Washington, D.C.) September 16, 2016 – Commenting on reports of limited secure access in to Aleppo for humanitarian aid shipments and aid convoys, Lena Arkawi, spokesperson for the American Relief Coalition for Syria (ARCS) and its thirteen U.S.-based Syrian relief organizations including the Syrian American Medical Society, said:
The cessation of hostilities in Syria that came into effect at sunset on Monday is holding well into its first day, reports suggest.
UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had recorded no civilian deaths in the first 15 hours of the truce.
Residents in the embattled northern city of Aleppo reported calm.
UN officials say they are ready to deliver aid to besieged areas but need better guarantees of peace.
GENEVA, 6 September 2016 –Following an all-too-brief respite in fighting resulting from February’s cessation of hostilities agreement, there has been a tragic increase in violence targeting Syrian civilians crushing hopes of peace in the war-torn country, a group of UN experts reported today.
From getting formula to hungry babies to teaching women how to run their own businesses, NuDay Syria gives aid and support to millions of Syrians. For the nonprofit’s founder, Nadia Alawa, it’s about helping women and children survive the war with dignity.
When Nadia Alawa moved from Japan to New Hampshire with her family in 1996, she intended to focus on raising her eight children. But years later, a single incident from the Syrian civil war compelled Alawa to turn her focus halfway across the world to help families suffering through the conflict.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House announced today that the United States has met its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees this year.
Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, Executive Director of the Syrian Community Network, which is part of the American Relief Coalition for Syria (ARCS), released the following statement in response:
Being a doctor can be risky business, some times more than others.
During my dozen medical missions to Syria, I had to crawl under a border fence, jump over walls, walk in the mountains at night for hours without any light, pass through the sniper alley in Aleppo, negotiate with smugglers and work in bombed, underground hospitals.
STATEMENT COMES AS 320,000 IN EASTERN ALEPPO CITY ARE BESIEGED
Washington, D.C. (July 22, 2016) – A press conference was held in front of the White House this morning hosted by a group of Muslim, faith, and Syrian American leaders calling on immediate action for the besieged people of Aleppo.