WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Armenian-American community leaders from coast to coast participated in a joint briefing on Syrian humanitarian assistance, led by the U.S. Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). Nearly a dozen Armenian-American civic, humanitarian, philanthropic and religious institutions were invited to participate, in person and via telephone conference call,

By AAA Intern Robert Avakian During the week of June 24th, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) held two hearings that highlighted situations requiring the attention of the Armenian-American community – the war in Syria and the protests in Turkey. HFAC Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) oversaw the hearing, entitled “Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle.” Chairman Smith and other sitting members hammered the State Department official witness on the inactivi

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By: AAA Summer Interns – Robert Avakian, Hamlet Tamazian, Matt Hanessian, and Alex Azarian Turkey’s economy has grown tremendously over the last decade, but the fundamental rights and freedoms of Turkish citizens have not kept pace. A day before the beginning of the Taksim Square protests a report titled “Why Turkey is Thriving” was published. The report applauded Turkey’s economic achievements and went so far as to state that other countries should learn from Turkey’s exampl