Fadwa Mahmoud is one of the founders of "Families For Freedom", a Syrian organization led by women, which campaigns for the release of those detained and missing on all sides of the conflict. Fadwa's husband is Syrian opposition figure Abdul-Aziz al-Khayir, who was kidnapped in Damascus in 2012.

Interviewed by Katty Alhayek
October 22nd, 2017 | Arabic

Status host Katty Alhayek speaks with Mahmoud about her activism for the organization and Families for Freedom's newest campaign, "freedom bus", which launched in early October.

Nikolaos (Koos) Van Dam is a Dutch scholar and author on the Middle East, and a leading specialist on Syria. He also was Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany and Indonesia, and Netherlands Special Envoy to the Syrian Opposition.

Interviewed by Mouin Rabbani
August 29th, 2017 | English

In this episode of "Politics and Policy", Mouin Rabbani speaks with Nikolaos Van Dam on the conflict in Syria.