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White Helmets
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March 16, 2025, 1:41 pm
At least 16 killed as ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city Latakia
White Helmets report 18 wounded after blast in recent flashpoint area; blast said to have occurred when scrap dealer handled explosive left over from 13-year-conflict
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ToI Staff
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Agencies
February 8, 2023, 8:36 pm
Erdogan admits ‘shortcomings’ as death toll from Turkey-Syria quake passes 12,000
Turkish leader visits disaster area, vows citizens will be cared for; amid harsh winter, time to save victims running out in both countries
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Agencies
February 6, 2023, 11:20 am
White Helmets rescue team says Syria ‘in a state of catastrophe’ after quake
Hundreds killed in Syria, many in rebel-held areas; rescuers fear toll will rise with people trapped under rubble, stuck in freezing conditions
By
AFP
July 3, 2021, 4:26 pm
Syrian regime shelling kills 8, mostly children, in last rebel enclave
Rescue group says artillery fire struck several families’ homes in Idlib; civil defense center, water station hit in airstrikes
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AP
March 21, 2021, 2:10 pm
Child among 5 said killed in regime attack on hospital in rebel area of Syria
Shells land in courtyard of medical center in Atareb, says rescue group; building reportedly suffers significant damage
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AP
December 24, 2019, 10:47 am
Residents of northwest Syria flee new government offensive
As Syrian troops push toward rebel-held town Maaret al-Numan and strategic road it controls, civilians escape toward Turkish border; UN warns of looming humanitarian crisis
By
Bassam Mroue
November 14, 2019, 8:49 pm
Syrian troops begin deploying along border with Turkey
Deployment part of cease-fire brokered by Moscow to stop Turkish military offensive against Kurds
By
Albert Aji
November 11, 2019, 7:35 pm
British backer of Syrian White Helmets found dead in Turkey
Body of James Le Mesurier found outside his home with fractures to legs and skull; police launch investigation
By
AFP
April 16, 2019, 10:28 am
US Holocaust museum gives its highest honor to Syria rescue volunteers
Opposition-allied first responders known as the White Helmets to receive 2019 Elie Wiesel prize for ‘courageously saving lives and delivering critical services’
By
Josefin Dolsten
October 17, 2018, 8:09 pm
Syrian White Helmets rescued through Israel leave Jordan for West
Amman says 279 of those evacuated from Syria via Golan Heights in daring nighttime operation have been resettled elsewhere
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AFP
September 30, 2018, 7:01 pm
In 3 years, Russian strikes on Syria said to kill 18,000, half of them civilians
Moscow has been criticized for indiscriminate air strikes that target civilian infrastructure, including hospitals.
By
AFP
July 24, 2018, 5:28 pm
Russia slams rescue of Syria’s White Helmets via Israel
Moscow says relief workers transferred to Jordan are ‘pseudo-humanitarians,’ operation shows who they really serve
By
Stuart Winer
and
Agencies
July 24, 2018, 3:02 pm
Trial by failure: 8 things to know for July 24
David’s Sling misses some Goliath missiles, raising questions; a politician has answers for a stone falling from the Western Wall; and an aid offer is not all Greek to one minister
By
Joshua Davidovich
July 24, 2018, 2:03 am
Unsure where they’d end up, some Syrian White Helmets said no to Israel rescue
A further nearly 400 people did not make it through on Saturday night, unable to pass roads blocked by advancing Syrian forces on one side and Islamic State terrorists on the other
By
SARAH EL DEEEB
July 23, 2018, 10:09 pm
Hundreds of ‘White Helmet’ rescuers still stuck in south Syria after evacuation
Those who missed being rescued by Israel and transferred to Jordan now fear wrath of regime forces closing in from all sides
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AFP
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