SAMS 2021 Annual Report
2021 was another challenging year for medical personnel in Syria and around the world. In Syria, we faced ongoing attacks...
2021 was another challenging year for medical personnel in Syria and around the world. In Syria, we faced ongoing attacks...
International organizations have regularly condemned warring parties for carrying out indiscriminate warfare in Syria, including by using allegedly indiscriminate weapons....
The Turkish version of our Report: A Heavy Price to Pay: Attacks on Healthcare Systems in Syria 2015-2021.
The law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law (“IHL”), has long protected medical personnel and facilities.2 The first article...
Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the world has witnessed the distressing reality of how perpetrators of violence...
Under-resourced settings have faced inequitable access to essential medicines, vaccines, and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, including medical oxygen. In...
On March 21, 2021, three artillery strikes hit al-Atareb hospital in the western countryside of Aleppo governorate. The missiles directly...
2020 was undoubtedly a challenging year for healthcare workers around the globe, yet it brought us together in ways we...
Five years after the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution 2286, committing countries to prevent attacks on health...
In 2019, SAMS continued to provide primary and specialized care in seven countries, with major operations in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon,...
SAMS has joined thirteen Syrian and international NGOs in releasing a paper calling for the renewal of UNSC Resolution 2504, which facilitates...
“When the planes start flying near the hospital, we don’t know what to do. It’s our responsibility to protect the...