'Rescuing The Rescuers': Stranded Syrian White Helmets Evacuated By Israel
In a "Hail Mary" operation, the Israeli military evacuated hundreds of Syrian rescue volunteer workers to Jordan amid the Syrian regime's offensive against rebel-held parts of the country.
Hundreds of Syrian rescue workers from the United States-backed White Helmets group have been evacuated through Israel into Jordan, escaping an onslaught by the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on one of the last opposition strongholds in the country.
The Israeli military said it carried out the "humanitarian" evacuation â its first such intervention in Syria's eight-year-war, after a request of the United States and European allies. Jordan's state news agency said the evacuees will remain in the country for approximately three
