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Open Letter to WHO Regional Directors for Eastern Mediterranean and Europe
March 31st, 2020 /The American Relief Coalition for Syria and 37 other leading Syrian medical and humanitarian organizations wrote to the World Health Organization Regional Offices this week to plead for their help.
Our organizations work on the front line in northern Syria. Our doctors, nurses, aid workers, rescue workers… Read more
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Organizations Urge the Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Syria
July 16, 2019 / ARCS StaffARCS joined in a letter from 46 well-respected human rights, immigration,…
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The Story of a Truck Driver’s Son: A Constant Struggle of Rebuilding
July 15, 2019 / ARCS Staff…
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A TPS Update from Monzer
July 2, 2019 / ARCS StaffMonzer Shakally is a dental student who came to the US 6 years ago. Last year, Monzer shared his incredible
journey with us, and we caught up with him recently to see how things are going.
Read his previous stories… - Press Release
Mr. Cuccinelli: America Remains the Safest Harbor for Women, Men and Children Fleeing Violence and Repression in Syria
June 19, 2019 / ARCS Staff… - Press Release
ARCS Members Call for all Attacks in Northwest Syria to Cease Immediately
May 7, 2019 / ARCS StaffARCS Members Call for all Attacks in Northwest Syria to Cease Immediately…
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The Stories Behind Syrian TPS
October 11, 2018 / Madelyn ColesOn the last day of last January, the Trump administration announced an 18-month extension of the temporary permission that granted some Syrians to stay in…
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ARCS Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Muslim Ban
June 27, 2018 /Washington, DC. (June 26, 2018) — The American Relief Coalition for Syria (ARCS), on behalf of its member…
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Gratitude in Action: Syrian-Americans pay back the American town that embraced them
June 27, 2018 / Madelyn Coles
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How hospitals are targeted in the Syrian civil war
June 13, 2018 / Madelyn ColesWashington D.C., Apr 13, 2018 / 07:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).
Hospitals have become military targets in Syria, making it difficult to provide aid to victims of the country’s civil war, according to leaders of NGO and human rights groups working in the region.
More than 300 healthcare facilities in Syria have been attacked and at least 768 medical professionals…
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UN Secretary-General Should Activate Independent Mechanism to Attribute Responsibility for Chemical Attacks in Syria
June 4, 2018 /(New York) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should urgently appoint a team of investigators to identify those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Human Rights Watch and 46 other human rights and humanitarian groups said in a …
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Closed-door policies imperil climate migrants
June 4, 2018 / Madelyn ColesThe unprecedented brutality of the 2017 hurricane season showed the potential that natural disasters have to destroy livelihoods, displace families, and uproot entire communities. The most recent example, of course, is the situation in Puerto Rico post-Maria. Experts estimate the U.S. territory will lose close to 500,000…
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U.S. decision to extend Syrian protections relieves one University of Iowa student
June 4, 2018 /IOWA CITY — Up against an end-of-the-month deadline to decide the fate of Syrians in the United States on “temporary protected status,” the Department of Homeland Security has announced it will let thousands here under the designation stay — including one University of Iowa student.
“It’s a weight off my shoulders,” UI senior Monzer Shakally, 21, told The Gazette on…