Russia condemned at UN for calling Syrian volunteer rescuers the White Helmets a `threat´
(WorldNews Asia)

Russia was denounced at the United Nations Thursday after describing the Syrian rescue volunteers known as the White Helmets as a “threat� and demanding their removal from the war-torn country, diplomats said. “[The] presence of White Helmets is a source of threat,� the Russian representative said in a closed meeting of the UN Security Council called by Moscow, according to a diplomat present at the talks. “We call on western countries to move the White Helmets......