Join SAMS in Celebrating Medical Workers on The Coronavirus Front Lines This National Doctors’ Day
Today, on National Doctors’ Day, we would like to acknowledge the heroism of medical workers on the front lines of...
SAMS Cancels International Conference Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear SAMS Members, Due to the current global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused great suffering and...
BBC World’ HARDtalk: “Mufaddal Hamadeh: Is the world indifferent to Syria’s suffering?”
BBC World HARDtalk’s Shaun Ley speaks to the president of the Syrian American Medical Society. Full interview can be accessed...
iTV News: “Babies dying in Idlib hospital and child admissions from camps triple after another brutal week in Syrian conflict”
In a makeshift Syrian hospital, babies are dying. The converted house in which doctors are trying to save lives has...
Civilians, Civilian Infrastructure in Northwest Syria Face Heightened Attacks. Ten Schools, One Hospital Attacked Today.
For Immediate Release February 25, 2020 Washington, D.C.- Today, SAMS-supported Idlib Central Hospital was targeted directly, injuring four health workers...
Eight Health Facilities Affected by Conflict in NW Syria in One Week
For Immediate Release February 17, 2020 Washington, D.C. – Today at approximately 12:00 PM local time, Al Ferdous Hospital in...
Health Facility in Northwest Syria Severely Damaged by Airstrike
For Immediate Release February 4, 2020 Washington, D.C. – At approximately 10:15 AM local time, an aerial missile hit SAMS-supported...
Increased Violence Impacts Health Facilities, Drives Displacement in NW Syria
For Immediate Release January 29, 2020 Washington, D.C. – As attacks on northwest Syria intensify, hundreds of thousands of civilians...
“Northwest Syria: Winter at Doors”
“When the planes start flying near the hospital, we don’t know what to do. It’s our responsibility to protect the...
As Violence and Displacement Escalate in NW Syria, Major Hospitals Evacuated
For Immediate Release December 23, 2019 Washington, DC- Over the past three days, the situation in northwestern Syria has deteriorated,...
Forced Migration & Health Care Challenges in Protracted Crisis
SAMS hosted its 19th Annual International Conference in partnership with Charité University in Berlin on June 27- 29, 2019, with...
IDP Camp and SAMS’ Qah Maternity Hospital Attacked. 16 Civilians Killed.
November 20, 2019 For Immediate Release Washington, D.C.- Today at 8:24 PM local time, two surface-to-surface missiles containing cluster munitions...
