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Israel evacuates 800 Syria White Helmets to Jordan: army
JERUSALEM, July 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Israel evacuated 800 White Helmets
rescuers and their families from Syria to Jordan overnight at the request of
the United States and European countries, army radio said on Sunday.
The request came as the volunteer rescuers were threatened by advancing
forces of the Syrian regime in the south of the war-ravaged country, the
radio station reported.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1153 hrs