As The Hill reported in two articles in May and June 2012, Rosoboronexport is the primary supplier of weapons for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

[2] Honoring the contract with this Russian firm was widely perceived as violating the spirit of U.S. sanctions against the enablers of the Syrian conflict.

[3] The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act proposes imposing additional sanctions on the Assad regime, until it is verified that hostilities by it has ended or until a sunset clause has expired.

Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the Free Syria Act of 2013 was introduced by Representatives Eliot L. Engel (NY-16), Mike Rogers (MI-8), and Brad Sherman (CA-30).

In 2012, SAC was involved in the advocacy effort which ultimately led to an amendment to the 2013 Defense Authorization bill that blocked DoD funding to Russian state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport.

[4] The Pentagon had a $375 million, no-bid contract with Rosoboronexport to buy 21 Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters for Afghanistan's air force.

As of April 10, 2013, SAC has 21 chapters across the U.S. in Chicago, Orlando, Los Angeles, Northern California, Washington, D.C./Virginia, Dearborn, New Jersey, Georgia, Indianapolis, Panama City,[clarification needed] West Virginia, North Carolina, San Diego, Tampa, South Florida, Flint, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Raleigh, and Detroit.