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Statement on United Nations Security Council Reauthorization of the Syria Cross-Border Mechanism
January 12th, 2023 /Washington, D.C. - On January 9th, 2023, through the current legal basis, the United Nations… Read more
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SYRIAN DIASPORA ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN RECENT CHEMICAL ATTACKS, CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
April 10, 2018 /… - Press Release
Syrian Humanitarian Organizations are Appalled by the Increase in Violence and Civilian Deaths
February 12,… - Press Release
Syrian American Organizations React to Decision on Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
January 31, 2018 /Washington, DC (January 31, 2018)- Today, the…
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Syrians with temporary U.S. protection brace for Trump decision
January 25, 2018 /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…
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Ahmad: ‘We all feel discriminated against by the government’
January 25, 2018 / Coco McCabeIt has been five long years since Ahmad, his sister, and their parents were all together as a family…