Operating in the Cave: Medicine Amidst Conflict in Syria

The UN described Syria as the most dangerous place for healthcare workers in the world. Amid airstrikes and chemical weapons attacks, Dr. Amani Ballour and other Syrian doctors built an underground hospital that saved thousands of lives. In her new memoir The Cave, Ballour details her experience as the only woman to have ever run a wartime hospital in Syria and her fight for justice since fleeing Syria.  

Please join the CSIS Middle East Program, the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda, and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) for a conversation with Dr. Amani Ballour about her experience, holding the Assad regime accountable, and humanitarian needs in Syria. The panel will also feature The Cave’s editor Hilary Black and the president of SAMS’ DC chapter Dr. Hisham Naji. Michelle Strucke, director of the Humanitarian Agenda, will provide opening remarks, and Natasha Hall, a senior fellow with the Middle East Program, will moderate the discussion. 

Learn more about The Cave here. 

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.