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The White Helmets.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 60 Minutes ; June 18, 2017
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Security and Terrorism.
- Emergency Preparedness and Management.
- Middle East.
- International Political Science.
- Rescue operations.
- Rescue workers.
- Syrian Civil War, 2011-.
- Syria.
- Local Subjects:
- National Security and Terrorism.
- Emergency Preparedness and Management.
- Middle East.
- International Political Science.
- Rescue operations.
- Rescue workers.
- Syrian Civil War, 2011-.
- Syria.
- Genre:
- News story
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A report on a Syrian civil defense organization called the White Helmets, a self-appointed, all-Syrian volunteer group of rescue workers. In responding to an average of thirty-five attacks a day, they try to save civilians buried in the rubble of the aftermath of bombings by the forces of Syrian dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. Includes interviews with: Rami Harrah, a Syrian reporter; Majd Khalaf and Rady Saad, White Helmet members (through a translator); Raed Salen, leader of the White Helmets (through a translator); Hadi al-Abdullah, a Syrian journalist (through a translator).
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 16, 2024).
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