Two Syrian origin join the office of the US Department of Defense
Over the past years, many Syrians have achieved many achievements in various fields and aspects, by reaching political positions in a number of countries of asylum, as happened in Germany and Sweden.
In the United States, two young men of Syrian origin were able to reach the Ministry of Defense office to work as a special advisor and assistant, namely:
Adham Sahloul
The Syrian young man, Adham Sahloul, announced his move to work in the administration of US President Joe Biden.
Sahloul announced, in his Twitter account, that after three years of working in the US State Department, he joined the Biden administration as a special assistant in the office of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Sahloul is the son of the Syrian doctor Zaher Sahloul, and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Fletcher College, which specializes in graduate studies in international affairs.
Sahloul founded the Syrian-American Progress Network, which supports the emergence and prominence of Syrians in the field of public policies.
He is currently a consultant in (Diplomacy – Technology – International Relations) at Accenture, and previously worked at Atlantic Council.
Sahloul worked in the office of Illinois Senator and Democrat Tammy Duckworth, and was a foreign policy advisor to presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
Jumana Kaddour
The second name is Jumana Kaddour, who joined the US Department of Defense office last September as Policy Adviser on Civil Protection in US Military Operations in the Office of International Humanitarian Affairs.
Jumana Kaddour hails from the city of Homs, lived in the United States before the crisis, and obtained a BA in human biology and international sciences from the University of Kansas, USA.
She also obtained a doctorate in legal sciences from the American University, and became a doctoral student in law at Georgetown University, and her studies focus on ethnic sectarianism and its impact on constitutional frameworks.
After 2011, Kaddour co-founded the “Syria Relief and Development” Foundation and provided millions of dollars in aid to the Syrians.
Kaddour worked as a policy analyst at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and also served as the Next Generation National Security Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
She became involved in political work, as she became a member of the civil society delegation to the Constitutional Committee, which holds meetings between the Syrian government and the opposition in Geneva with the aim of reaching a new constitution for Syria.
