White Helmet rescue worker killed in Syria's Homs
BEIRUT - The Syrian search-and-rescue group featured in an Oscar-winning documentary announced that one of its volunteers had been killed by government artillery fire in the city of Homs Tuesday, as pro-government forces reached the outskirts of Islamic State-held Palmyra in the center of the country.
The Syrian Civil Defense outfit, popularly known as the White Helmets, was honored with an Oscar on Sunday as the subject of a Netflix documentary about the group's harrowing mission.
The group announced that one of its volunteers Muhammad Dabdoub was killed in the line of duty by government artillery fire in Homs, Syria's third-largest city. Dabdoub was the 164th White Helmets rescuer killed in the war.
