Canada to accept up to 250 Syrian White Helmet volunteers, family after dramatic escape [View all]

Murray Brewster at CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/syria-russia-white-helmet-1.4749380

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There are fears that the volunteers will be killed once forces loyal to Assad retake southwest Syria.

"Sensitive" international negotiations to arrange their extraction have been underway since the NATO leaders summit in Brussels.

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Syria Civil Defence group, better known as the White Helmets, risk their lives scouring through rubble in Syria after bombings to find survivors. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

An important part of those talks has involved how many of the volunteers' family members can be brought with them and the fear anyone left behind might be killed, said the sources.  

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News report on cbc implied a quick security screening by canadian officials might be risky but they have promised Lebannon or Jordan that people will be processed quickly. I thought it was only the Russians and Syrians propaganda that White Helmits were terrorists? We've even seen such propaganda on our forums. I think it was DI.