The U.S. resumed funding for the White helmets
The US state Department and the U.S. Agency for international development has allocated $6.6 million for financing activities associated with the Syrian opposition organization “White helmets”, and also on the UN to investigate crimes in Syria.
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This was announced by state Department spokesman Heather Nauert, whose word brings the press service of the Ministry. As said the lady Nauert, the decision on the allocation of money was made by US President Donald trump.
The state Department said it “strongly supports” the “White helmets”, which from the beginning of the Syrian conflict “has saved more than 100 thousand lives.”
“They are the first to arrive on the scene of an emergency and become targets of the Syrian regime and Russian air strikes. Since 2013, more than 230 of these brave volunteers died saving innocent Syrian civilians,” according to the U.S. office.
The state Department added that the work of the UN to investigate crimes in Syria, “is of vital importance to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the most serious crimes against international law committed in Syria since March 2011”.
In may, the United States froze funding for the White helmets. However, the organization was not officially informed about the suspension. UK in response, promised to continue to support the White helmets and even increase their funding.
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