'White Helmets Are Victims Too': Rescuers in a Land Torn by Conflict, Quake and the Politics of Aid

The recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria has been more than just a natural disaster. From northwest Syria, a volunteer of the well-respected civilians’ group White Helmets tells The Wire about how successive pleas for key equipment were ignored in the crucial period just after the earthquake.

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