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White Helmets

Residents and members of the Syrian Civil Defense, or "White Helmets," look for survivors at a damaged site after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Sy
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Three men sit in rubble in white helmets
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White Helmet volunteers search for survivors at a site reportedly hit with a barrel bomb in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on September 17, 2015.
Conflict
With Aleppo under siege, the city’s ‘White Helmet’ volunteers pull bodies from rubble day after day