Syria’s Grand Mufti: White Helmets Should Be Prosecuted for War Crimes

The Grand Mufti’s remarks are one of the many recent criticisms from both Syria and Russia regarding Israel’s evacuation of the White Helmets.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
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DAMASCUS, SYRIA -- Syria’s Grand Mufti, the country’s highest religious official for practitioners of Sunni Islam, slammed Israel’s recent evacuations of members of the controversial “humanitarian” group, the White Helmets, and has called upon the Syrian and Russian governments to repatriate those evacuated and prosecute them for war

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Israel Evacuated Alleged Mossad-Linked Rebel Commanders During “Humanitarian” White Helmet Rescue

Given that Israel had spent over $60,000 a year supporting Syrian rebel group Fursan al-Golan financially, it would make sense for Tel Aviv not only to develop and maintain ties with their commanders, but to rescue those commanders as the Syrian government continues its advance.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
A mock road sign for Damascus, the capital of Syria, and a cutout of a soldier, are displayed in an old outpost in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria, May 10, 2018. Ariel Schali | AP

Over the weekend, and as MintPress predicted last Tuesday, the controversial Western government-funded “humanitarian” group, the Syrian Civil Defense -- popularly known as the White Helmets -- were evacuated from southern Syria as the Syrian government continues to gain ground in its offensive throughout the country’s southwest. However, sources

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US State Department Cuts Off Funding For Syria’s White Helmets

The United States has provided at least $32 million to the White Helmets through a USAID scheme orchestrated by the Obama State Department.

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By ZeroHedge.com
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense also known as the White Helmets pose for a photo.

The State Department has frozen funding to the controversial Syrian aid group known as the White Helmets, a non-governmental organization (NGO) which provided the sole evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly used chemical weapons on his own people in an April 7 attack on the city of Douma, according to CBS News. Having not

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“First Responder” White Helmets Reemerge as Experts in Defusing Explosives in Syria’s Afrin

Defusing explosives and mines, as the White Helmets say they’ve done in Afrin, is normally performed by specialized military experts, not paramedic first-responders who have claimed – falsely – to have been trained by the Red Cross.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
A member of the White Helmets works a skidsteer emblazoned with the White Helmets logo in the recent captured city of Afrin, Syria. (Photo: The White Helmets/Twitter)

DAMASCUS, SYRIA – After being banned by the Kurds in 2015, the White Helmets – the controversial “humanitarian” group that exclusively accompanies particular Western and Turkish-backed terrorist groups – have announced their return to the city of Afrin. The move follows the city’s takeover by the Turkish military and Turkish-backed rebels linked to

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The Plot To Franchise The White Helmets Worldwide

Syria’s White Helmets have been boosted by the West as a trusted humanitarian organization, but their origins and motives remain murky. Now, the White Helmets effort appears to be spreading to other countries.

Caitlin Johnstone
By Caitlin Johnstone
The women of the White Helmets , also known as the Syrian Civil Defence.

I sat down with my coffee this beautiful Australian morning to watch two of my favorite independent media figures jam together in a Corbett Report interview of renowned independent investigative journalist Vanessa Beeley. About two-thirds of the way through, I nearly fell out of my chair. At 24:30 of the clip, the following bone-chilling

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James Le Mesurier: The Former British Mercenary Who Founded The White Helmets

James Le Mesurier, a British ex-mercenary, founded the White Helmets in 2013. The group has been lauded for its “humanitarian” efforts in Syria, but they have actually functioned more as a logistics and propaganda arm of Syria’s al-Qaeda branch, complete with training from Le Mesurier.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
James Le Mesurier: The British Ex-Military Mercenary Who Founded The White Helmets

Over the past two years, enlightening information has been revealed that thoroughly and unequivocally debunks the “humanitarianism” of the White Helmets in Syria, sometimes referred to as the Syrian Civil Defense. Since they were founded in 2013, much of Western media has sought to elevate the White Helmets as the “bravest” and most heroic of

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