Mouaz Moustafa worked for former congressman Vic Snyder- https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Snyder & Senator Blanche Lincoln- https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Lincoln, both probably not so coincidentally from Arkansas.
More info: http:// www.syriantaskforce.org/washington-dc-staff/://www.syriantaskforce.org/washington-dc-staff/