Op Eds

I immigrated to the United States from Syria in 2005 to work as a gastroenterologist, and I specialize in the diseases and disorders of the digestive system. Thinking like a doctor, I seek to diagnose problems and consider lists of treatments. Thinking like an immigrant, I focus on freedom, the rule of law and the […]

The Syrian leader’s crimes will forever be recalled alongside the world’s worst tyrannical butchers. History has taught us that when a country’s leader is willing to commit genocide, no less against their own people, that the world must unite to wall them off. They must be removed, charged, tried, and convicted for their crimes against

When U.S. president Joe Biden and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a bilateral summit on October 31, 2021, Syria was certainly among the discussed topics. Although the two leaders are far from agreement on Syria and the Middle East more broadly, the United States and Turkey stand to gain by collaborating with like-minded states to prioritize

The Syrian uprising erupted in the southern province of Daraa when kids wrote on public walls “your turn has come Doctor Assad.” Since then, Daraa has proven to be one of the icons of the Syrian uprising and calls for freedom, democracy, self-governance, and rule of law in Syria. The Assad government has responded to

The U.S. response to the recent crises in Haiti and Cuba offered a glimpse of President Joe Biden‘s emergent foreign policy doctrine, so far characterized by its active support for democracy around the world and a marked resistance to foreign intervention, except if aligned with a narrowly defined interpretation of our national security interests. President Biden

In early April, the U.S. director of national intelligence released an unclassified report detailing global threats to the national security of the United States. The report noted that while Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to control the core of Syria, he will struggle to reestablish control over the entire country and will boycott ongoing negotiations with the West,

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad—along with his Russian and Iranian backers—is responsible for the greatest human rights atrocity since World War II. History has shown us the ugly face of genocide time and again, from the Holocaust through similar events in Cambodia, Rwanda and most recently China’s Xinjiang province. At Citizens for a Secure and Safe America, it

The Syrian Revolution approaches its tenth anniversary on March 15. A decade ago, ordinary Syrians, deprived of their dignity and robbed of their security by a self-dealing, violent regime, rose peacefully as others had done in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Ten years later, a family crime syndicate remains in place, having been saved and sustained by Russia and Iran.