The White Helmets: Unsung Heroes in Syria

They’re the unsung heroes in Syria who until this summer were relatively unknown to those outside the country’s brutal war.

Known as the White Helmets because of their trademark headgear, they grew out of a network of ordinary Syrian volunteers who felt compelled to save their fellow men and women beneath a daily barrage of bombs and shelling.

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