Former UK Ambassador Slams Government Statement on Syria’s White Helmets
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Peter Ford slammed a UK government statement praising the White Helmets as well as the Israeli operation to whisk them out of Southern Syria.
Members of the so-called Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, pose for a photo.
By Vanessa Beeley
Former Ambassador to Syria 2003 – 2006, Peter Ford responded to a UK Government statement by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt on the “exceptional” Israeli evacuation of the UK/US Coalition intelligence construct, the White Helmets:
Following a joint diplomatic effort by the UK and international partners, a group of White Helmets volunteers from southern Syria and their families have been able to leave Syria for safety.
They are now being assisted by the UNHCR in ...
