The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is reporting that they have evacuated “members of a Syrian civil organization and their families” from Southern Syria at the request of the U.S. and some European countries due to “an immediate threat to their lives” created by government forces closing in on the area. Euro News reports that those evacuated were members of the volunteer organization known as the White Helmets that operates in rebel-controlled Syria and Turkey. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,Chrystia Freeland, stated Saturday that the operation was carried out as a result of an agreement reached at the NATO’s leaders’ summit in Brussels final week. The IDF called the activity an “exceptional humanitarian gesture.”Click here to continue and read more...
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