Press Releases

For Immediate Release April 4, 2018 Washington, D.C.- On March 12, 2018, the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), along with 11 other humanitarian organizations working inside Syria, shared the coordinates...

For Immediate Release March 8, 2018 Washington D.C., Yesterday, March 7, besieged East Ghouta was subjected to a systematic and unprecedented aerial bombardment campaign using all kinds of internationally prohibited...

For Immediate Release March 7, 2018 On March 5, 2018, the medical neutrality of a SAMS-supported hospital in Ma’arat al-Numan, Idlib was violated by armed groups. At approximately 11 am local time,...

February 20, 2018 Washington, D.C.- Over the past 48 hours, besieged East Ghouta has been subjected to an intense campaign of aerial bombardment, killing at least 260 civilians and injuring...

For Immediate Release February 5, 2018 Washington, D.C.- Yesterday, February 4, at approximately 8 pm local time, six airstrikes targeted the SAMS-supported Al-Ma'ara National Hospital in Idlib. No casualties were...

February 1, 2018 Washington, D.C.- Today, at 12 pm local time, the SAMS-supported Kafr Zeita Cave Hospital in northern Hama countryside was targeted by five airstrikes, resulting in heavy material...

For Immediate Release January 3, 2018 Washington, D.C.- Earlier today, Al-Salam Hospital supported by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) in Ma'arat al-Nu'man city in Idlib governorate was attacked by...

For Immediate Release December 26, 2017 Washington, D.C. - Today in besieged East Ghouta, medical evacuations began for a group of 29 critical cases, which have been approved for medical...

For Immediate Release November 19, 2017 Washington, D.C.- Yesterday morning, a SAMS facility in East Ghouta began receiving patients suffering from constricted pupils, coughing, vomiting, and bradypnea (abnormally slow breathing), all...