[WASHINGTON, DC] – Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA), a Syrian American advocacy group, is closely monitoring the recent advancements made by opposition forces in Syria. These developments reflect the ongoing efforts of displaced Syrians to reclaim their homes and families from the oppressive grip of the Assad regime, Iran, and Hezbollah. C4SSA reiterates […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Syria Accountability Working Group (SAWG), an initiative by Citizens for a Safe and Secure America (C4SSA) in partnership with the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), released its critical report, titled “Fighting 13 Years of Impunity: Accountability Opportunities for United States Leadership in Responding to Mass Atrocities in Syria.” 

Washington, D.C. — Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA) strongly supports the United States’ decision to join an international working group aimed at promoting accountability for the use of chemical weapons. This coalition of twelve nations held its first session on September 27th in The Hague, marking a crucial step in the global

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), Citizens for a Safe and Secure America (C4SSA), and Global Justice are proud to announce that on May 22, 2024, the House Armed Services Committee has approved amendment 4484 the Hope for Syria Act to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (H.R.8070), introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2024 [WASHINGTON, DC] – Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA) praises today’s passage of the bipartisan Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act (H.R. 3202) in the House of Representatives. The bill, which combats normalization with the Assad regime, passed by a vote of [389-32].  “The Assad Regime Anti-Normalization

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 29, 2024 [WASHINGTON, DC] – Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA), the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), and the Syrian Institute for Progress (SI4P), three Syrian American non-profit organizations, express their deepest condolences and grief over the tragic loss of three U.S. service members soldiers in a

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 10, 2023 WASHINGTON D.C.– On October 5, 2023, the Assad regime initiated an unprovoked, intensive campaign of aerial attacks on civilians across northwest Syria which has killed at least 46 civilians, in addition to wounding hundreds. Over the past five days, the Assad regime has indiscriminately and relentlessly shelled

WASHINGTON, DC— Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA), Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), Syria Institute for Progress (SI4P), and Global Justice (site) are disturbed by the massacre that took place yesterday in Syria’s Idlib. Russian airstrikes on Jisr al Shughur, Idlib, killed at least 10, including two children, and injured more than 60

WASHINGTON, DC— C4SSA is very pleased that the Anti-Assad Normalization Act passed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee today with bipartisan support. We thank Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), French Hill (R-AR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Carlos Giménez (R-FL) again for making

WASHINGTON, DC — Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA) is deeply alarmed by the Assad regime’s readmission into the Arab League, a betrayal to hundreds of thousands of victims of Assad’s cruelty. On Sunday, May 7, 2023, 13 of the 22 member states of the Arab League met in Cairo and reinstated Syria