March 26, 2019 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy calls on the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to engage Lebanese leaders outside of Lebanon who are not beholden to Hezbollah and who have fought for a free and independent Lebanon for decades. The Lebanese American community is one of our most successful immigrant groups, with…

March 23, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks at a press availability with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 22, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain] The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy vigorously applauds Secretary Pompeo for his courageous, non-nonsense remarks made in Beirut alongside Lebanese…

March 21, 2019 On the eve of Secretary Pompeo’s visit to the Middle East and to Lebanon, AMCD advisor, Dr. Walid Phares gave his assessment of the present US strategy and made suggestions for changes going forward. The traditional US strategy toward Lebanon is to continue support for the Lebanese army with the understanding that they…

March 21, 2019 The smear attacks waged by Muslim Brotherhood front, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Iran Deal backer, Huffington Post, on two young Americans – one serving in the Administration and another building a distinguished media career – demonstrate once again that the Iranian regime and Ikhwan backers in the US are working…

March 20, 2019 The American Mideast Coalition of Democracy (“AMCD”) congratulates all who celebrate Nowruz (Persian: نوروز‎ Nowruz, [nouˈɾuːz]; literally “new day”), which occurs on the Spring equinox every year. Our congratulations extend to nearly 300 million people worldwide. Nowruz has been celebrated for over 3000 years by many diverse communities, ethnicities, races and religions in Western Asia, Central Asia,…

March 19, 2019 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy unconditionally condemns the horrid mass shooting of unarmed worshippers at the Al Noor and Linwood Masjid mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The shooter claimed he did it to avenge the killing of children in previous jihadist attacks, but how can still more killing of innocent children…

March 2, 2019 During their visit to Washington to meet with Trump Administration officials, a delegation of Polish officials met with the Co Secretary General of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group (TAG), Dr Walid Phares to discuss post Warsaw Conference ideas. The delegation included Dr Slawomir Debski, the Polish Prime Minister’s Chief Foreign Policy Advisor and Director of the Polish…

March 1, 2019 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy, an umbrella organization representing the Middle Eastern and North African diaspora in the United States, calls on the Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and other Middle Eastern communities in Venezuela to renounce the Maduro socialist dictatorship and embrace freedom and democracy by throwing their support to interim…

February 22, 2019 Washington DC: The World Council of Cedars revolution (WCCR), representing the Lebanese diaspora world-wide, is very concerned about the role of Hezbollah-linked elements within the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, particularly because of their alleged role in the oppression of civilians. We call on the Trump administration and the US Congress to investigate…

February 16, 2019 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy condemns the antisemitic words used by freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) and the disdainful attitude toward Jews she evinces. “This kind of casual antisemitism is unfortunately widespread in the Muslim world among many different ethnicities” (Omar is Somali), said AMCD co-chair Tom Harb.  “After…