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Israel evacuated nearly 800 White Helmets personnel and their families from the southwest of Syria to Jordan, where they will later be transported to Great Britan, Canada, and Germany, Bild reported.
The evacuation reportedly began at 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday evening, when the United Nations assisted the White Helmets personnel to cross safely into the contested Syria's region of Golan Heights.
According to the Bild, the evacuation was negotiated between the United States, Russia and the Syrian authorities.
On Monday, the CNN broadcaster reported, citing sources, that the evacuation of about 1,000 White Helmets' members and their families from Syria was discussed during the NATO summit last week amid the progress the Syrian government is making in regaining control over the rebel-controlled regions.
The White Helmets volunteer group considers itself a non-governmental organization aimed at protecting Syrian civilians. However, Syria's President Bashar Assad says that the group is affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
Moscow and Damascus have accused the White Helmets of helping to stage the chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta’s Douma on April 7 that prompted the United States, the United Kingdom and France to launch more than 100 missiles on multiple targets in Syria one week later.
Meanwhile, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a press release that Jordan allowed the United Nations to arrange a passage of some 800 Syrian refugees through its territory for their further resettlement to Western states that agreed to accept them.
"The [Jordanian] government allowed the UN to organize a passage of about 800 Syrian citizens through Jordan for their naturalization in Western states after the three Western states, namely the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada, proposed in writing… to undertake their resettlement for a certain period of time due to the threat to their lives," the ministry's press release obtained by Sputnik read.
According to the statement, Amman agreed to provide the passage solely on humanitarian grounds.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in late June that his country would not accept refugees from southern Syria and that its border would remain closed, adding that Jordan’s efforts were aimed at the prevention of violence and support for political reconciliation in Syria.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said they had evacuated from southern Syria members of an unnamed local "civil organization at the request of the United States and some European countries."
According to the IDF, the people were evacuated from the war zone in Syria's south due to an "immediate threat to their lives" and then transferred to a neighboring country.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201807221066580314-israel-syria-white-helmets/
The evacuation reportedly began at 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday evening, when the United Nations assisted the White Helmets personnel to cross safely into the contested Syria's region of Golan Heights.
According to the Bild, the evacuation was negotiated between the United States, Russia and the Syrian authorities.
On Monday, the CNN broadcaster reported, citing sources, that the evacuation of about 1,000 White Helmets' members and their families from Syria was discussed during the NATO summit last week amid the progress the Syrian government is making in regaining control over the rebel-controlled regions.
The White Helmets volunteer group considers itself a non-governmental organization aimed at protecting Syrian civilians. However, Syria's President Bashar Assad says that the group is affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
Moscow and Damascus have accused the White Helmets of helping to stage the chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta’s Douma on April 7 that prompted the United States, the United Kingdom and France to launch more than 100 missiles on multiple targets in Syria one week later.
Meanwhile, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a press release that Jordan allowed the United Nations to arrange a passage of some 800 Syrian refugees through its territory for their further resettlement to Western states that agreed to accept them.
"The [Jordanian] government allowed the UN to organize a passage of about 800 Syrian citizens through Jordan for their naturalization in Western states after the three Western states, namely the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada, proposed in writing… to undertake their resettlement for a certain period of time due to the threat to their lives," the ministry's press release obtained by Sputnik read.
According to the statement, Amman agreed to provide the passage solely on humanitarian grounds.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in late June that his country would not accept refugees from southern Syria and that its border would remain closed, adding that Jordan’s efforts were aimed at the prevention of violence and support for political reconciliation in Syria.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said they had evacuated from southern Syria members of an unnamed local "civil organization at the request of the United States and some European countries."
According to the IDF, the people were evacuated from the war zone in Syria's south due to an "immediate threat to their lives" and then transferred to a neighboring country.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201807221066580314-israel-syria-white-helmets/
