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 — inclu…

SYRIAN DIASPORA ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN RECENT CHEMICAL ATTACKS, CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Washington, DC. (April 10, 2018) — The American Relief Coalition for Syria (ARCS) condemns Saturday’s chemical attack in Douma, Syria, that killed at least 42 people. The victims’ symptoms, according to ARCS member Syrian American Medica…

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

(February 22, 2018) More than 300 civilians have been killed by the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian allies in the last 72 hours in an extermination campaign against the civilians of besieged Eastern Ghouta. In response to these…

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

February 12th, 2018 (Washington, D.C.)--Over the past weeks humanitarian organizations on the ground have been witnessing some of the most intense and distressing scenes since the conflict started. Recent reports of chemical weapons attacks and ai…

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

Washington, DC (January 31, 2018)- Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is renewing, but not redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria. While we, as Syrian American organizations, are reassured by the r…

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.

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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 back in Damascus, Syria. Today, as uncertainty swirls about the status of Syrian refugees in the US, Ahmad is not sure when--or where--there will…

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 video games--that Monzer’s English is so good people have a hard time believing he’s from Syria, a…

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

At the end of January 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to decide if they will cancle or continue Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria. TPS is a program that allows thousands of Syrians to live and work legally in the Un…

Syrian-American Humanitarian Organizations Demand Protection for Syrians in the US

Washington, DC (January 9, 2018)- The American Relief Coalition for Syria, a coalition of 13 Syrian-American relief organizations, joins with the many other groups calling on the US government to re-designate and renew TPS for Syria. At the end of…

Syrian-American Organizations Advocate for Refugee Education

    Washington D.C. -- On October 25th, Syrian-American organizations, and members of the American Relief Coalition for Syria (ARCS), were in the nation’s capital,  advocating for robust educational access of Syrian children displaced wi…