The soldiers of the female Peshmerga unit being trained at a Sulamaniyah Military Training School in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are made of hardy stuff. Sitting cross-legged on a lush green field, the soldiers watched intently as Coalition Forces trainers first...
Earlier last month, SoA’s Middle East manager, Zack Bazzi, was invited by the U.S. military to visit northern Syria to conduct a humanitarian assessment of the region. While the military, working through on-the-ground partners, has achieved extraordinary progress in...
Greetings from Lebanon, I’m here for a couple of days of meetings with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team to explore potential project ideas. As the Middle East manager for SoA, my work includes countries that fall under the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) footprint. The...
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Hello, Nestled between the Asian and African continents on the eastern rim of the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon has been in the path of invading armies and expanding empires since ancient times. The 18 officially recognized religious groups that inhabit the land bequeath...
On Sunday, the culmination of five months of planning and collaboration between Operation Give, Kurdish Relief Fund (KRF), and Spirit of America finally came to fruition. In the mountain town of Soran in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, nearly 70 Yazidi families—a...
Over the last six months, SoA has been working with the U.S. Consulate in Erbil to support the peace education and social cohesion efforts of the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies at the University of Dohuk (UoD). To accomplish its mission, the Center...
Since ISIS took over Mosul in the summer of 2014, Spirit of America has steadily invested over $80,000 into the Peshmerga, the Kurdish military force that is fighting and stopping ISIS. Our latest contribution consisted of urgently needed Individual First Aid Kits...
In a region stunned by violent conflict and instability, few non-governmental organizations operate like Spirit of America (SoA) does in the Middle East. Our mission is straightforward: leverage private sector funds and expertise to support the mission of U.S....
