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Israel Evacuates Syria's White Helmets and Their Families to Jordan
(AFP-Guardian-UK) Israel on Saturday night evacuated 442 White Helmets volunteer rescuers and their family members - threatened by advancing Syrian regime forces - to Jordan for resettlement in Britain, Canada and Germany. The White Helmets have rescued thousands of civilians caught in fighting in opposition-held zones. More than 200 of its volunteers have died and another 500 have been wounded in the Syrian conflict.