White Helmets news
Follow RT.com for news and updates on the volunteer organization called the White Helmets or the Syrian Civil Defense. The White Helmets function in so-called rebel-controlled areas in Syria and Turkey. Get news and stories on the formation and development of the White Helmets, which was created during the Syrian Civil War (2011-present). Don’t miss the latest breaking news and articles on the Syrian Civil War and the activities of the White Helmets. The White Helmets claim they saved and rescued thousands of lives and at the same time lost the lives of a number of volunteers, yet many experts and media, including RT, doubt their goals and funding. Read the news on RT.com about the suspicions that the White Helmets have ties with terrorists and target the legitimate Syrian government of Bashar Assad. The White Helmets were also nominated for the Nobel Prize, but missed out on it. Find all the news and stories on that matter.
- White Helmets and ‘Russian’ nerve gas: New Call of Duty trailer is modern propaganda at its finest
The latest installment of the Call of Duty franchise ‘Modern Warfare’ hopes to add newfound realism to the game, highlighting the “morally gray” side of modern proxy wars, but so far it seems to be more ‘oorah’ Western propaganda.May 31, 2019 10:46World News - White Helmets plot new false-flag chemical attack in Syria's Idlib – Russia's UN envoyThe White Helmets, a controversial Western-backed 'civil defense' group, is readying a new provocation that will see them using toxic agents on civilians to frame the attack on Damascus, Russia's deputy UN ambassador has said.Apr 24, 2019 23:10World News
- Was UK paying White Helmets to produce Syria ‘chemical weapon’ PR as cover for Jaish Al Islam?As controversy rages over the alleged April 2018 Douma “chemical weapon attacks” that signaled the end of Jaish Al Islam’s occupation, life in the Syrian city gradually returns to peace and stability.Mar 19, 2019 13:35
- US announces more support for ‘heroic’ White Helmets in SyriaThe Trump administration is doubling down on backing the White Helmets, the self-proclaimed civil defense group with often controversial activity in militant-held areas of Syria, pledging a $5 million donation at a conference.Mar 14, 2019 21:41World News
- Aided White Helmets but no hero’s welcome: UK pulls Syria worker’s citizenship, cites Al-Qaeda linksTauqir Sharif, a UK-born man whose work in Syria has earned him glowing coverage in mainstream press, has come out as one of the people the British government has stripped of citizenship. He is accused of having links to Al-Qaeda.Mar 5, 2019 16:48World News
- ‘Staged fakery’: Eye rolling on Twitter as Sky News posts video of White Helmets ‘rescuing puppies'Twitter users have expressed disbelief after Sky News published a video purporting to show members of the controversial White Helmets “rescuing puppies” in jihadist-controlled Idlib, Syria.Feb 20, 2019 15:18World News
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