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

The Syrian-American community is deeply alarmed by recent actions taken by certain parties on the ground in Lebanon fanning hate and inciting the Lebanese population against vulnerable Syrian refugees. Recently there have been credible reports by international news agencies and independent human rights groups of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) engaging in a targeted campaign involving raiding, arresting, and

Last month, Citizens for a Secure and Safe America (C4SSA) held a powerful conference focused on the topic of “Syria Stabilization: Opportunities, Challenges, and US Policy Options” which featured Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Levant Affairs Aimee Cutrona, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Congressman Joe Wilson

WASHINGTON, DC – Syria and Türkiye have been shaken with a series of earthquakes. As of today, February 8th, the confirmed death toll is estimated at 11,000; however, this number is expected to rise over the coming days and weeks as several civilians remain unaccounted for amid the rubble. This natural disaster continues to evolve

WASHINGTON, DC – More than two thousand people have been killed so far in Syria and Türkiye after two massive earthquakes and several aftershocks hit Southern Türkiye. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:17 a.m. local time, and a second 7.5 magnitude aftershock followed it nine hours later. Dozens of aftershocks took place throughout the