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US State Department reportedly to freeze funds to the White Helmets
White Helmets clear rubble in Idleb, Syria, in November 2014
[USAID]
CONTROVERSIAL pseudo-humanitarian group the White Helmets are reported to have had their funding frozen by the US State Department.
A statement from the White Helmets expressed concern over the development, with the US accounting for almost one-third of its overall funding.
The US State Department, which had previously pledged long-term support for the group, said the arrangement is now “under active review” after President Donald Trump put a $200 million freeze on funding for recovery efforts in Syria in late March.
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