January 6, 2019 We are sad to announce that our dear friend David Lazar, Chairman of the American Mesopotamian Organization based in California, has passed away. “David was a tireless advocate for his community, the Assyrians, the world’s oldest civilization. He cared deeply for the persecuted and forgotten and loved his family passionately,” said AMCD…

by AMCD advisor Kenneth R. Timmerman (December 18, 2018) After bombing the monastery in Mosul, ISIS terrorists have been driven underground — but not totally eliminated. When ISIS fighters burst into Father Afran Sony’s monastery in northern Iraq in June 2014 wielding machine guns and knives, he and his brothers rushed to protect their most…

December 15, 2018 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy applauds President Trump for signing the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018. AMCD’s founding members have worked for over 30 years to help the suffering minorities in the Middle East. “The systematic discrimination of religious and ethnic minorities in the…

December 9, 2018 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy fully supports President Trump’s pick to replace UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, the intelligent and capable Ms. Heather Nauert. Ms. Nauert has been a first-rate journalist for many years, working at both Fox News and ABC News and covering a variety of national and international affairs.…

Dr. Ansara was interviewed on the Syrian TV Media outlet Al-Youm on November 21, 2018 regarding the purchasing of the Russian S-400 Missile Defense System by Turkey. The meeting between Secretary Pompeo and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington DC was not fruitful. Turkey will not cancel the purchasing. NATO member countries has announced their intention to draft a sanction proposal against Turkey.

November 11, 2018 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy strongly opposes the proposed lifting of the US designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism and urges caution in negotiation with al-Bashir regime. A number of sanctions were lifted last year in an effort to influence Sudan to temper its genocidal policies…

November 9, 2018 Washington DC:  Dr. Walid Phares, senior advisor to the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy is urging Americans with strong ties to persecuted communities overseas to run for Congress in 2020. AMCD seeks to provide support for Yazidis, Assyrians, Syriacs, Chaldeans, Darfuris, Copts, Bahais, Ahmadis and Sufis who have come to America fleeing…

Dr. Ansara discuss the killing of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul  on October 2, 2018 at 1:15 P.M. It is an criminal act and all involved must brought to justice. The Saudi officials has confirmed that Mr. Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate. The American officials are convinced that Crown prince Mohamed…

November 6, 2018 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy (AMCD) fully supports the Trump administration in its effort to abolish slavery in areas of the world where it still exists, over 150 years after it was eradicated in the US at the end of the Civil War. President Trump has ended our trade preference program with…

November 5, 2018 American MidEast Coalition for Democracy (“AMCD”) supports the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and re-imposing tough sanctions aimed to get Tehran to stop supporting militants in the Middle East, stop testing missiles and treat its own citizens with more respect. “The sanctions that will be re-imposed tomorrow are the…