UN Secretary-General Should Activate Independent Mechanism to Attribute Responsibility for Chemical Attacks in Syria

(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…

Closed-door policies imperil climate migrants

The 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…

U.S. decision to extend Syrian protections relieves one University of Iowa student

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…

SYRIAN DIASPORA ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN RECENT CHEMICAL ATTACKS, CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Amidst Eastern Ghouta Extermination Campaign, Syrian-American Organizations Call for #SaveGhouta Week of Action

Syrian Humanitarian Organizations are Appalled by the Increase in Violence and Civilian Deaths

Syrian American Organizations React to Decision on Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Washington, DC (January 31, 2018)- Today, the…

Syrians with temporary U.S. protection brace for Trump decision

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Targeted by the Syrian government after providing humanitarian supplies to civilians fleeing air strikes, Mohammad Alala and his wife escaped in 2012, eventually obtaining student visas to enter the United States.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders Mohammad Alala, his wife Dania both from Syria and their two U.S. born children Taim and Amr walk…

Ahmad: ‘We all feel discriminated against by the government’

It has been five long years since Ahmad, his sister, and their parents were all together as a family…

Syrians in US fear Trump may end their 'protected status'

Monzer: ‘I’ve always wanted democracy’

He goes by Moe, his favorite character from The Simpsons. And it’s thanks to them--along with a hearty diet of American movies, shows, and…

Letter to DHS: Humanitarian Organizations Call for the Renewal and Re-Designation of TPS for Syrians

At the end of…