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  • MBS new reforms allow Ijtihad to counter Jihadism

    March 5, 2025 by Dr Walid Phares  Many in the West do not understand yet that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has, in just one week, launched the deepest and most powerful wave of reform – all while sitting in his armchair, simply by having a conversation with a journalist scholar.  In a conversation with…

  • AMCD Condemns Expansion of HTS in Syria

    And Calls for the Protection of Minorities March 3, 2025 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy condemns the attempts of the HTS regime in Damascus, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to march towards areas inside Syria opposing the Jihadi regime in order to annex them by military force to the regime in power AMCD calls on…

  • Ukraine War Must End to End the Global Threat of Jihadism

    March 3, 2025 by Dr. Walid Phares and Gazelle Sharmahd The tense exchanges in the Oval Office last Friday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, underscored the complexity of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The discussions will undoubtedly shape global public opinion on a war that has taken…

  • U.S. Organizations Call for Sanctions on Officials and Individuals Who Attended Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral

    February 24, 2025 Washington, D.C. – The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy, the World Council for the Cedars Revolution, and the Amer Foundation have issued a formal request to President Donald J. Trump, urging swift action following the attendance of Lebanese government officials, U.S. citizens, and legal resident aliens at the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah,…

  • AMCD Applauds Special Envoy Ortagus’ Statement Regarding Hezbollah

    Feb. 10, 2025 The Deputy Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus, began her role with a visit to Lebanon where she delivered a strong statement on behalf of the new administration: We “are committed to making sure that Hizballah is not a part of this government in any form, and that Hizballah…

  • Trump Inaugural Celebration!

    Our own Hossein Khorram is featured in both the Wall Street Journal and the Seattle Times: More Photos from the Inauguration:

  • President Trump Inauguration Celebration 1/18/2025

  • AMCD supports America First policies toward the Islamic regime in Iran

    “The President should appoint a Special Envoy to the People of Iran” January 16, 2025 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy believes the greatest overseas threat President Trump will face during his second term will not come from Russia, China, or even North Korea. It will come from the Islamic regime in Iran. Any idea…

  • My Letter to President-Elect Donald Trump

    Recommendations on National Security and Foreign Policy by Dr. Walid Phares (January 11, 2025) Dear President-Elect Donald Trump, With just a few days before you again enter the Oval Office and your teams land in their departments and agencies, I write this open letter to you to thank you for assuming the responsibility of ensuring…

  • Open Letter to President Trump regarding Syria

    The Honorable Donald J. TrumpPresident-elect of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NWWashington, DC 20500 January 9, 2025 Dear President Trump: We, the undersigned civil society organizations representing a broad cross-section of American interests, write to urge you to provide ironclad support to our allied partners, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as they…