Last week, the House of Representatives voted to sharply increase the security screening of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, a measure that would essentially halt the refugee resettlement process. This measure is...

For Immediate Release   November 19, 2015   Washington, DC - Beginning at 10am on Thursday, November 19, airstrikes, surface-to-surface missiles, and cluster bombs hit civilian areas of besieged Douma,...

Following the horrific attacks in Paris that killed 129 people, there has been a rise in anti-Syrian refugee rhetoric coming from U.S. governors, Congresspeople, and policymakers. Governors across the United...

For Immediate Release   November 17, 2015   Washington, DC - As a non-political, Syrian American led humanitarian organization, SAMS strongly supports the U.S. refugee resettlement program, which resettles tens of...

For Immediate Release    November 16, 2015   Washington, DC - The Syrian American Medical Society mourns the victims of the horrific attacks in Paris and Beirut, and the ongoing...

For Immediate Release   November 2, 2015   Washington, DC - In the last three days, the besieged town of Douma in Rural Damascus was targeted multiple times by aerial attacks,...

For Immediate Release   October 30, 2015   New York, NY - On October 29, the Syrian American Medical Society, Physicians for Human Rights, and Doctors Without Borders held a 'die-in'...

For Immediate Release   October 26, 2015   NEW YORK - Hundreds of health professionals and volunteers will stage a die-in onThursday, October 29, to represent the medical personnel killed...

For Immediate Release   October 22, 2015   Washington, DC - Around 1pm on Tuesday, October 20, a SAMS polyclinic in Sarmin, Idlib was targeted by Russian airstrikes using air-to-surface missiles....