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Israel Rescues Hundreds of White Helmets From Syria

22/07/2018 GMT

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Israel rescues around 800 civil defence workers from southern Syria

Israel says it has completed a humanitarian operation to rescue Syrian civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern Syria. It says about 800 members of the White Helmets rescue organisation were taken to Jordan via the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights following a request from the US and European countries. We spoke to the Medicines Sans Frontiers relief agency about the current situation at the Syrian border. 

Image: the Syrian national flag amidst war-damaged buildings. Credit: AFP.

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