Press Releases
Press Releases
We make a difference in the lives of people during a very traumatic time in their life. Meeting their medical transport needs eases their burden.
43 Attacks Marks July as the Worst Month for Attacks on Heal...
For Immediate Release August 5, 2016 Washington, DC - On August 3, a SAMS-supported facility and nursing institute in Aleppo were hit by a vacuum bomb, a weapon outlawed by...
Media Advisory: Muslim, Faith, & Syrian American Leader...
For Immediate Release July 21, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - National Muslim and Syrian American leaders will hold a press conference in front of the White House at 10 AM on...
SAMS Urges The International Community To Act Immediately To...
For Immediate Release July 18, 2016 Washington, D.C.- On Saturday, July 16, a SAMS-supported hospital in eastern Aleppo City was hit by four barrel bombs, four naval mines, and two...
Press Release: SAMS & PHR Launch Report on Conditions i...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 12, 2016 Despite Aid Deliveries, Besieged Syrians in Madaya Starving to Death Report from Physicians for Human Rights and Syrian American Medical Society shows deteriorating health conditions in...
From Our Family to Yours, Eid Mubarak!
It's now five years into the Syrian crisis. Our brave physicians and nurses have selflessly dedicated their lives to serving others and saving lives, while risking their own. Many have not seen...
SAMS Aleppo Hospital Damaged by Targeted Airstrike
For Immediate Release June 15, 2016 Washington, DC: On Tuesday, June 14 at around 9:00 PM in Aleppo, a hospital supported by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) in eastern...
Ban Ki-moon Attends Syrian NGO Session at World Humanitaria...
For Immediate Release Mary 26, 2015 Istanbul, Turkey - On May 24 at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended a side event...
Al-Waer: The Forgotten Besieged Neighborhood in the City of...
For Immediate Release May 16, 2016 Washington, D.C.- On May 12, a joint aid convoy of the U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) was denied entry to...
Aleppo is Burning. Take These 5 Actions NOW.
"The city is bleeding. Shelling and bombardments have destroyed everything... Everyone is scared. Everyone is terrified. People are fearing the different scenarios that could happen. They are fearing the siege....
