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- SAMS Welcomes Brussels Conference Commitments And Appeals For Additional Donor Support During This Critical Time
- SAMS Condemns Violence on the Syrian Coast and Calls for Protection of Civilians, Healthcare Workers, and Justice and Accountability
- USG Aid Must Continue to be a Lifeline of Hope
- SAMS Calls for the Protection of Civilians and Hospitals in Escalation of Syrian Conflict
- SAMS Condemns Attacks on Healthcare in Lebanon and the Growing Humanitarian Crisis
- SAMS Condemns the July 8 Attack on Kyiv Pediatric Hospital
- SAMS Decries the Possible Closure of Another Gaza Hospital
- Global Displacement Hits Record High: Ensuring Dignified Healthcare for Refugees
- SAMS Concerned Over Rafah Escalation in Gaza; Fears for the Safety of Its Medical Volunteers Unable to Evacuate
- Malnutrition Hound Children in Gaza: SAMS Calls for Unfettered Humanitarian Access
- Humanitarian Crisis Unveiled: Healthcare Under Attack in Gaza
- SAMS Condemns Attacks Near Al-Shifa Hospital
- Urgent Appeal: SAMS Condemns Horrific Strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Escalating Attacks on Healthcare in Gaza
- A Statement From the Syrian American Medical Society Board on Recent Escalation in Northwest Syria
- SAMS Statement on Cross-Border Aid
- SAMS Calls on Global Community to Reaffirm Commitment to Humanitarian Access, Justice and Accountability
- Protecting the Right to Health in Syria by Tlaleng-Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (July 2021)
- Letter to Members of the UNSC on Resolution 2165
- SAMS ED David Lillie Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria (June 25, 2019)
- Joint Statement from Medical and Humanitarian organizations use Three Billboards to call on UN to stop violence in Syria (February 22, 2018).
- Joint Statement from Syrian NGOs Regarding the Humanitarian Crisis in Besieged East Ghouta (October 30, 2017)
- Joint Statement from Syrian NGOs Regarding the Latest Developments in North Western Syria
- Joint Letter Urges President Trump to Challenge President Putin on Syrian Rights Violations
- Joint Press Release (May 3, 2017): Health Workers and Facilities in 23 Conflict-Ridden Countries Attacked With Impunity in 2016
- Joint Statement (April 29, 2017): The Systematic Targeting of Personnel and Health Facilities in Syria
- SAMS Highlights Detrimental Effects of New Executive Order on Syrian-American Physicians
- Prioritizing Civilian Protection in Aleppo Evacuations – Joint Statement from Syrian NGOs
- Joint Statement- Aleppo Exposes The International Community’s Bankruptcy
- Call from Syrian Civil Society in Besieged Eastern Aleppo
- Joint Public Letter from Medical, Human Rights, and Relief Organizations to Russian Medical Community (English Version)
- Joint Public Letter from Medical, Human Rights, and Relief Organizations to Russian Medical Community (Russian Version)
- Uniting for Peace in Syria: Global Civil Society Appeal to UN Member States (Arabic Version)
- Uniting for Peace in Syria: Global Civil Society Appeal to UN Member States
- SAMS Joins 36 Syrian Civil Society Orgs and Aid Groups to Demand Airdrops to Eastern Aleppo
- Our Commitment to Serve
- A Hospital in Aleppo is the Most Dangerous Place in the World. A letter from A Doctor in Aleppo.
- A Hospital in Aleppo is the Most Dangerous Place in the World. A letter from A Doctor in Aleppo (Arabic Version)
- Joint Statement from 73 Syrian NGOs on Suspension of Coordination with UN Whole of Syria (WoS) Response Mechanism
- Read the statement from SAMS, and 72 other Syrian NGOs condemning UN agencies based in Damascus and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) for a lack of concrete action to respond to consistent and ongoing violations of human rights in Syria.
- Read the Arabic statement here.
- Joint Press Release on Attacks on Healthcare in Aleppo
- Read the joint press release signed by SAMS, the Syria Relief Network (SRN), and the Independent Doctors Association (IDA).
- Joint NGO Statement on Air Drops in Syria
- Read the joint statement signed by 57 Syrian, regional, and international NGOs on air drops in Syria.
- To Our Fellow Health Care Workers – April 2016
- Read this letter from Dr. Annie Sparrow and other healthcare professionals as they offer condolences after the loss of Dr. Hasan Al-A’raj on April 13, 2016.
- Joint NGO Statement on Syria Humanitarian Access – April 2016
- This letter to the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) addresses the issues humanitarian organizations face with cross-line assistance. The letter urges the international community to hold parties to the conflict accountable and calls for humanitarian access that will have a real impact on the lives of Syrian civilians.
- Fueling the Fire – March 2016
- This paper examines what happens when the UN Security Council demands to happen in Syria; the situation since March 2015 and significant actions by the Permanent Members of the UNSC.
- War is the Enemy of Health: Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in War-Torn Syria – November 2015
- This report, prepared by members of the Syrian American Medical Society, documents current needs for health care relief within Syria, focusing on pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, and some of the efforts currently underway to meet those needs.
- Failing Syria – March 2015
- This report reviews what real effects the UNSC Resolutions have had on the protection of civilians, humanitarian access, increases in international aid contributions, and political solutions. It finds that, despite the three resolutions, violence in Syria has intensified, killings have increased, humanitarian access has diminished, and the humanitarian response remains severely and chronically underfunded.
