AMMAN: Israel has evacuated 800 White Helmets rescuers and their family members threatened through advancing Syrian regime forces to Jordan for resettlement in Britain, Canada and Germany, Amman stated Sunday.
Founded in 2013, the Syria Civil Defence, or White Helmets, is a community of first responders which rescues wounded in the aftermath of air moves, shelling or explosions in rebel-held territory.
Jordan "authorised the United Nations to organise the passage of 800 Syrian citizens through Jordan to be resettled in western countries," the kingdom stated.
"The government gave the permission after Britain, Germany and Canada made a legally binding undertaking to resettle them within a specified period of time due to 'a risk to their lives'."
An Israeli executive source confirmed Israel's military had rescued 800 individuals who were taken to Jordan.
"Upon request of the US, Canada and European states Israel has completed a humanitarian effort to rescue members of a Syrian civil organisation ('White Helmets') and families," Israeli international ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tweeted.
White Helmets head Raed Saleh stated the evacuees had arrived in Jordan after being "surrounded in a dangerous region".
They were encircled in the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra, he stated, together with a host trapped between the border with the Golan Heights and advancing Russia-backed regime troops, he advised AFP.
Canadian international minister Chrystia Freeland stated she "called for global leadership to support and help these heroes" throughout a gathering of international ministers at the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels every week in the past.
The White Helmets have rescued hundreds of civilians trapped underneath the rubble or stuck up in fighting in battered opposition-held zones alongside various fronts of Syria's seven-year warfare.
Since its formation, when Syria's warfare used to be nearing its third year, greater than 200 of its volunteers have died and any other 500 had been wounded.
The team's motto — "To save one life is to save all of humanity" — is drawn from a verse in the Koran, even if the White Helmets insist they deal with all victims, without reference to faith.
Some members have received training abroad, together with in Turkey, returning to instruct colleagues on search-and-rescue techniques.
The team receives investment from quite a lot of governments, together with Britain, Germany and the United States, but also solicits person donations to buy equipment reminiscent of its signature laborious hats.
Last year, a Netflix manufacturing called "The White Helmets" gained an Academy Award for perfect short documentary.
A 2nd movie on the team, named "Last Men in Aleppo," used to be nominated for an Oscar in 2018.
The Israeli army stated it evacuated the White Helmets in a single day at the request of the United States and European nations, in what it called "an exceptional humanitarian gesture".
"The civilians were evacuated from the conflict zone in southern Syria due to an instantaneous threat to their lives.
"The civilians were subsequently transferred to a neighbouring country," it stated with out elaborating.
Israel has been sending scientific support to civilians who've fled fighting in the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan Heights.
Israel seized 1,200 sq. kilometres (460 sq. miles) of the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it, in a move by no means recognised the world over.
On June 19, forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad introduced an Russia-backed offensive to retake Daraa and Quneitra provinces.
Just a month later, executive institutions glance set to go back to most of these two provinces thru a combination of fatal bombardment and Moscow-brokered give up offers.
These offers provide for rebels at hand over their heavy guns and people who disagree with a regime takeover to be bussed with family members in opposition to opposition-held areas in the north of the rustic.
Jihadists aren't birthday party to those offers, and Russian planes bombarded a holdout of the Islamic State team in Daraa province in a single day, a Britain-based conflict track stated.
More than 20,000 civilians have fled bombardment on the IS-held nook on the border with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan previously 24 hours, fleeing into regime-held areas, stated the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights track.
Founded in 2013, the Syria Civil Defence, or White Helmets, is a community of first responders which rescues wounded in the aftermath of air moves, shelling or explosions in rebel-held territory.
Jordan "authorised the United Nations to organise the passage of 800 Syrian citizens through Jordan to be resettled in western countries," the kingdom stated.
"The government gave the permission after Britain, Germany and Canada made a legally binding undertaking to resettle them within a specified period of time due to 'a risk to their lives'."
An Israeli executive source confirmed Israel's military had rescued 800 individuals who were taken to Jordan.
"Upon request of the US, Canada and European states Israel has completed a humanitarian effort to rescue members of a Syrian civil organisation ('White Helmets') and families," Israeli international ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tweeted.
White Helmets head Raed Saleh stated the evacuees had arrived in Jordan after being "surrounded in a dangerous region".
They were encircled in the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra, he stated, together with a host trapped between the border with the Golan Heights and advancing Russia-backed regime troops, he advised AFP.
Canadian international minister Chrystia Freeland stated she "called for global leadership to support and help these heroes" throughout a gathering of international ministers at the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels every week in the past.
The White Helmets have rescued hundreds of civilians trapped underneath the rubble or stuck up in fighting in battered opposition-held zones alongside various fronts of Syria's seven-year warfare.
Since its formation, when Syria's warfare used to be nearing its third year, greater than 200 of its volunteers have died and any other 500 had been wounded.
The team's motto — "To save one life is to save all of humanity" — is drawn from a verse in the Koran, even if the White Helmets insist they deal with all victims, without reference to faith.
Some members have received training abroad, together with in Turkey, returning to instruct colleagues on search-and-rescue techniques.
The team receives investment from quite a lot of governments, together with Britain, Germany and the United States, but also solicits person donations to buy equipment reminiscent of its signature laborious hats.
Last year, a Netflix manufacturing called "The White Helmets" gained an Academy Award for perfect short documentary.
A 2nd movie on the team, named "Last Men in Aleppo," used to be nominated for an Oscar in 2018.
The Israeli army stated it evacuated the White Helmets in a single day at the request of the United States and European nations, in what it called "an exceptional humanitarian gesture".
"The civilians were evacuated from the conflict zone in southern Syria due to an instantaneous threat to their lives.
"The civilians were subsequently transferred to a neighbouring country," it stated with out elaborating.
Israel has been sending scientific support to civilians who've fled fighting in the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan Heights.
Israel seized 1,200 sq. kilometres (460 sq. miles) of the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it, in a move by no means recognised the world over.
On June 19, forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad introduced an Russia-backed offensive to retake Daraa and Quneitra provinces.
Just a month later, executive institutions glance set to go back to most of these two provinces thru a combination of fatal bombardment and Moscow-brokered give up offers.
These offers provide for rebels at hand over their heavy guns and people who disagree with a regime takeover to be bussed with family members in opposition to opposition-held areas in the north of the rustic.
Jihadists aren't birthday party to those offers, and Russian planes bombarded a holdout of the Islamic State team in Daraa province in a single day, a Britain-based conflict track stated.
More than 20,000 civilians have fled bombardment on the IS-held nook on the border with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan previously 24 hours, fleeing into regime-held areas, stated the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights track.
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