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Members of the Syrian civil defence volunteers, also known as the White Helmets, bury their fellow comrades during a funeral in Sarmin. / AFP

Rage in Idlib after ‘White Helmets’ Slaughter

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- Rage prevailed in Idlib on Saturday after seven volunteers with the Syrian civil defense rescue service were killed in a shooting by unidentified attackers in rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, while Turkey continued to adopt restrictions to...

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Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, remove a victim from the rubble of his house on April 8 in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (Mohamad Abazeed/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Almost a Month after Trump’s Airstrike, Syria Remains a Barbaric Battlefield

by Jackson Diehl | May 4, 2017 | Opinion

Nearly a month has passed since a sarin gas attack on the Syrian village of Khan Sheikhoun prompted President Trump to bombard a regime airbase with cruise missiles. The good news since then is that there have been no further attacks on civilians using sarin — though...

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Members of the Civil Defense rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Assad in al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

White Helmets Warn from Aleppo Starvation

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 26, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets, has warned that the people living in the besieged eastern part of Aleppo are facing starvation and death if much needed humanitarian aid and medical supplies are not delivered within 10 days. The warning came as...