Weaponisation of Healthcare

Bashar al-Assad Is Waging Biological War—By Neglect

Syrian patients receiving treatment in a basement-turned-clinic in the besieged rebel-held town of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on March 16, 2017. (SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Article initially published by Foreign Policy on October 24, 2018 and...

Blood and war: How a UN agency cooperates with Assad

Elizabeth Hoff, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Syria, speaks at a press briefing in Geneva on January 26, 2016. (UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré) Article initially published in Fox News on October 27, 2016 and written by George Russell and Annie...

Hypocritic Oath

How WHO and other international agencies aid Assad’s war against Syria’s civilians. Article initially published in Foreign Policy on February 9, 2018 and written by Annie Sparrow. Read the full article on foreignpolicy.com

Health workers and the weaponisation of health care in Syria: a preliminary inquiry for The Lancet – American University of Beirut Commission on Syria

Article initially published in The Lancet on March 14, 2017 and written by Fouad M Fouad, Annie Sparrow, Ahmad Tarakji, Mohamad Alameddine, Prof Fadi El-Jardali, Adam P Coutts, PhD et al. Summary The conflict in Syria presents new and unprecedented challenges that...