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.
STATEMENT COMES AS AREAS OF ALEPPO CITY ARE CUT OFF FROM HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AND AS THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARAYA DETERIORATES
Washington, DC. (July 15, 2016) – An estimated 400,000 people residing in eastern Aleppo City have been cut off from humanitarian access, while an estimated 8,000 residents in Daraya continue to wait for assistance after the last convoy over a month ago, the first convoy permitted to enter in four years.
STATEMENT COMES AS CEASEFIRE EXPIRES IN ALEPPO PROMPTING FEARS FOR ACCESS TO HUMANITARIAN AID
