White helmets in Syria come after deadly attacks

When violence has recently begun in the coastal zone of Syria, including the massacres of civilians who were allegedly revenge for attacks on Syrian security forces, volunteer rescuers quickly came to the rescue.

They were part of the Syrian civil defense group known as white helmets that operated in the insurgent areas during the civil war.

After the fall of the former Syrian President Bashar al -Assad in December, white helmets arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, greeted the heroes to those who supported the opposition.

Since then, they have started working in more areas aimed at war.

Most of those who died in recent attacks that had occurred within a few days earlier in this month were the allocation – the offshoot of Shiite Islam and Assad.

Abdulkofi Kayal, Head of the White Slast Operations Department in the coastal region of Syria, said the BBC that the group’s work was superior to the policy: “If we go to rescue anyone who needs, we do not ask them about their religion and political opinion … Our mandate is to help those who need.”

Throughout the civil war, Assad called white helmets a terrorist group, claiming that she worked for armed rebels. But the group always said that it was a neutral, humanitarian organization and was praised around the world for its work.

“We are Syrians, and we cannot share our concern about one area more than the other,” Mr. Kayal said. “This is our homeland, and we consider ourselves an umbrella to serve all the Syrians.”

A recent blast of violence was the worst in Syria because the temporary president Ahmed al-Sharao led the offensive of the rebels who overthrew Assad.

Tensions writes since December when supporters of Assad 14 Interior Ministry troops were ambushedTwo weeks after the former president was ousted.

“We are here to serve everyone without differentiation,” Mr. Kayal said.

“Our slogan -” Save one life is to save all humanity.

Last week, BBC News joined the white helmets when volunteers started working at a cake after a report in the village of Barmada.

The team received 10 state -owned bodies who seemed to be thrown out of the hill’s slope to the valley. Their hands and legs were tied up, believing that they were caught by the opposite side.

Self, a state security officer who was at the scene, accused Assad Loyalists of responsibility for the death of hundreds of his colleagues. BBC NEWS could not self -check this claim.

“When Syria was exempted from the Assad regime, we tried to keep everything under control, unite Syria with all its governors and components to restore the new Syria we want to be proud of in the Middle East,” he said.

But he added that it was difficult because, “when we took control of the country, we had a personal problem with the police (anti -Osad), since most of them were victims of chemical attacks, bombs, massacres and many crimes that caused a destructive psychological influence on them.”

Images and videos seem to show that soldiers kill civilians, including children, in the coastal areas where Alavita’s killings took place.

One man, Maine, told BBC News that his son and aunt were killed by security forces. He buried them in his yard so they could stay nearby.

“We have suffered at the siege, and now we are prosecuted by the new government,” he said.

Maine’s wife cried, looking at the photo of her son. “What did he do?” she asked. “He was 20 years old and did not harm anything.”

Al-Sharaa, the Provisional President of Syria, created an independent committee for the investigation of the murder and insisted that the criminals would be held accountable.

But if its government wants to prevent a new civil war, many believe that it must prove that it can protect the Alavites and ensure the rights of all citizens in New Syria.