"Regarding the White Helmets, they are terrorists and Takfiris [.] they have nothing to do with Humanity [.] when they used to see an injured civilian, they used to finish them off. If you come to "rescue" a man would you slaughter them? The.
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By Chloe Hadjimatheou
image captionA White Helmet rescues a child from a bombed building
The British man behind the Syrian civil defence group, the White Helmets, found himself at the centre of a battle to control the narrative of the Syrian war. Russian and Syrian propagandists accused his teams of faking evidence of atrocities - and convinced some in the West. The battle for truth formed a backdrop to James Le Mesurier s sudden death in Istanbul in November 2019.
With the setting sun reflecting in the water and the lights of Istanbul twinkling on the horizon, the wedding guests sat around lantern-lit tables: diplomats from several countries, military officers, journalists and activists who had flown in from around the world to see James Le Mesurier get married.