White Helmets
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| Volunteers | 3,000 (with monthly stipend) |
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| Founders | James Le Mesurier |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Head | Raed Salah |
| Purpose | Civil defense |
| Number of volunteers | 3,000 (with monthly stipend) |
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| ID | 2606845 |
About White Helmets
The White Helmets, officially known as Syria Civil Defence, is a volunteer organisation that operates in parts of opposition-controlled Syria and in Turkey.
Syria war: Drone attack on military academy kills 100, monitor says
... Later, first responders from the White Helmets reported that five civilians had been killed in intense government artillery and missile strikes on several cities, towns and villages in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Satellite images show Jindayris devastation
... The head of the White Helmets group, which has been leading the rescue effort in the opposition-held region, described the situation in Jindayris as catastrophic, with " terrifying scenes" and " destruction everywhere"...
Syria earthquake baby Aya moved amid kidnap fears
... The White Helmets, whose volunteer first responders have been leading the search and rescue effort in opposition-held areas, say 517 bodies have been pulled from the rubble there...
King Charles hears emotional pleas for Turkey-Syria earthquake aid
... Mr Al-Asmar, who works with the White Helmets emergency relief group, was originally from Syria, but his family had been living across the border in Turkey when they were lost in the earthquake...
No tents, no aid, nothing: Why some Syrians feel forgotten
... The Syrian Civil Defence Force - also known as the White Helmets - which operates in opposition-held areas, did what they could with pickaxes and crowbars...
Turkey earthquake rescue continues almost 150 hours on: 'You are a miracle'
... The Syrian Civil Defence Force, or White Helmets, which operates in in rebel-held areas of the country, has told the BBC that the group s search efforts are winding down...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: UK aid is reaching Syria, minister says
... The government also said it would give £3m in extra funding to aid the White Helmets, a volunteer organisation that operates in parts of Syria and in Turkey...
Turkey earthquake rescue efforts disrupted by security concerns
... Ismail al Abdullah of the Syrian Civil Defence Force, or White Helmets, which operates in rebel-held areas, told the BBC s Quentin Sommerville that the organisation had stopped searching for survivors...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: UK aid is reaching Syria, minister says
The UK is getting aid to Syria, development minister Andrew Mitchell has said, as he defended the government's response to the earthquakes which hit the country.
The tremor has added to the devastation caused by the Civil War In Syria and local rescue groups have complained about the lack of international aid.
More Than 28,000 people have now died in Turkey and Syria after The Quakes .
Mr Mitchell told The Bbc the UK had helped Syria from " the beginning".
Speaking on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Mr Mitchell said the UK's response included sending firefighters to Tukey and providing funding for major rescue operations In Syria .
However, he did acknowledge that sending aid to Syria was " much more difficult than Turkey, because it's ungoverned space there".
There has been a delay in getting aid to Syria, where years of conflict have ravaged parts of the country that remain under the control of rebels battling the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which is under Western sanctions.
Some rebel-held areas in north-west Syria are already inhospitable and inaccessible after More Than a decade of Civil War .
Currently, the UN is only authorised to use one route to deliver aid into north-western Syria, over the Turkish border into the province of Idlib.
In his interview with Laura Kuenssberg , Mr Mitchell was asked about the US's decision to announce a 180-day exemption to its sanctions on Syria for " all transactions related to earthquake relief efforts".
When asked if the UK government would lift sanctions on Syria to speed up aid deliveries, Mr Mitchell said ministers would " do everything we can to make sure aid gets through to people who are suffering".
" Specifically here, where sanctions would hold us back in any way, we would seek to have them lifted, " The Minister said. " But at The Moment We Are able to get what we want through. And that's The Key thing. "
The World Health Organization says about 26 million people across Syria and Turkey have been affected by the earthquake. In Syria alone, up to 5. 3 million people may have been made homeless.
Earlier This Week , it was giving £8m of support to Syria and Turkey, sending items such as tents and blankets and a team of medics.
The government also said it would give £3m in extra funding to aid the White Helmets , a volunteer organisation that operates in parts of Syria and in Turkey.
Meanwhile, a UK appeal to help earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria has, including a £5m government donation.
On Sunday, The Chief of the United Nations aid agency, Martin Griffiths , said The International community had failed The People of north-west Syria.
" They rightly feel abandoned. Looking for international help that hasn't arrived, " " My duty and our obligation is to correct this failure as fast as we can. "
He made the comments from The Border between Turkey and Syria, which has seen only a few convoys of aid enter the rebel-held territory since the disaster.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
