Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, didn't trust the White Helmets. He associated them with the rebels trying to oust him, and he plastered Damascus with billboards vilifying the White ...

The Trump administration has terminated a majority of its funding for a key Syrian civil and humanitarian organization, the White Helmets, according to internal documents and the organization.

During Syria's long civil war, the White Helmets were known for running into harms way, rescuing civilians from the aftermath of regime attacks. Now with the regime gone, the famed organization is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are ...

But with Assad's ouster on Dec. 8, a convoy of White Helmets rolled south from Syria's rebel-held northwest, into the heart of the capital.

Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, didn't trust the White Helmets. He associated them with the rebels trying to oust him, and he plastered Damascus with billboards vilifying the White ...

Now, with Syria's civil war over, the White Helmets are taking on a new challenge: Their founder, Raed Saleh, has been appointed to Syria's Cabinet as minister of emergencies and disaster ...

Now, with Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad gone, the White Helmets have a new challenge. NPR's Lauren Frayer takes us to a fire station in Damascus, sirens and all.

This was a baptism by fire for the White Helmets. "We have experience with fires in northwestern Syria, but not on this scale. This is the largest fire in Syria's history," stated Zeidan.