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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

White Helmets

Syrian Civil Defense and first responders rescue a victim from the site of an explosion in Syria's western coastal city of Latakia, March 15, 2025. (Sana / AFP)
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
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A man reacts, after rescue teams found his father dead under a collapsed building, in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, February 8, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)
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
By Agencies
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, or White Helmets, transport a casualty pulled from the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, February 6, 2023. (Abdulaziz KETAZ/AFP)
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
A civil defense worker inspects a destroyed building after shelling hit the town of Ibleen, a village in southern Idlib province, Syria, July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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
By AP
A man stands amid the debris at the entrance of a field hospital in the the village of Atareb in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on March 21, 2021, after it was reportedly targeted by regime shelling. (AAREF WATAD / AFP)
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
By AP
Civilians ride in a truck as they flee Maaret al-Numan, Syria, ahead of a government offensive, December 23, 2019. (Ghaith al-Sayed/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
A Syrian soldier mans a position in the countryside of the city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, along the border with Turkey on November 3, 2019. (AFP)
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
File: Former British army officer James Le Mesurier stands near the Golden Horn in this undated file photo, in Istanbul. The lifeless body of James Le Mesurier was found early Monday Nov. 11, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey (AP Photo/File)
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
This picture taken in Kafr Ain on September 7, 2018, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the 'White Helmets,' carrying a victim after airstrikes, four kilometers east of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib province (AFP PHOTO / Anas AL-DYAB)
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
IDF soldiers oversee the transfer of 422 'White Helmet' rescue workers and their families through Israel and into Jordan, as they flee the Assad regime, on July 22, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
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
By AFP
A man carries a child rescued from rubble after Syrian regime and Russian air strikes in the rebel-held town of Nawa, about 30 kilometers north of Daraa in southern Syria, June 26, 2018. (Ahmad al-Msalam/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
This image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday, July 22, 2018 shows a member of the White Helmets waving to Israeli soldiers as he and his family board a bus to Jordan. (Israeli Defense Forces via AP)
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
The David's Sling missile defense battery, which represents the middle tier of Israel's multi-layered anti-missile capabilities. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
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
This image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday, July 22, 2018 shows a member of the White Helmets waving to Israeli soldiers as he and his family board a bus to Jordan. (Israeli Defense Forces via AP)
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
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence volunteers, also known as the White Helmets, remove a victim from the rubble of his house, following a reported air strike by government forces on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, April 8, 2017. (Mohamad ABAZEED/AFP)
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
By AFP
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