Press Releases
Press Releases
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Press Release: 78 Killed, Hundreds Injured in Multiple Attac...
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,...
Press Release: Hundreds Stage ‘Die-In’ for Syria...
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' to...
Press Release: Thursday 10/29 in New York Die-In to #DefendD...
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 during the...
Press Release: Two Medical Staff Killed in Russian Airstrik...
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....
Press Release: SAMS Calls on Russia to End the Targeting of ...
For Immediate Release October 19, 2015 Washington, DC - Russian airstrikes over the weekend targeted the only two hospitals in southern Aleppo, forcing both facilities to shut down and evacuate...
SAMS Remembers Dr. Khaled Kandil
For Immediate Release October 13, 2015 Washington, DC - SAMS is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Khaled Kandil, an exemplary SAMS-supported doctor and medical leader from Idlib, Syria....
Press Release: Chairman Ed Royce Speaks to SAMS at #Advocat...
For Immediate Release October 14, 2015 Washington, DC - On October 9, 2015, the Syrian American Medical Society hosted its first #Advocate4Syria lobby day on Capitol Hill. Representative Ed Royce, chairman...
Press Release: Secretary of State John Kerry Recognizes SAMS
For Immediate Release October 13, 2015 Washington, DC - On Friday, October 9, Secretary of State John Kerry commended SAMS for its work during his remarks at the 2015 Global...
Press Release: SAMS Responds to Russian Airstrikes on 3 Medi...
For Immediate Release October 7, 2015 Washington, DC - On Friday, October 2, Russian airstrikes hit a field hospital in northern Hama causing severe damage to the facility. Two nurses...
