Behind the story to save the Syrian White Helmets: a Canadian diplomat and her ‘challenging’ role as a revolution fades away

Canadian diplomat behind the rescue of Syrian White Helmets may have played 'frustrating' role as Syrian envoy as support for opposition was 'never there', says former defence attaché.

Canada helped evacuate 422 members of the White Helmets and their families. On July 10, White Helmets, pictured, dig thorough rubble after a house was targeted by airstrikes killing two girls and wounding a woman in Idlib province in northwestern Syria, according to the White Helmets Twitter account. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 30, 2018

Beneath the July 21 dramatic rescue of more than 400 members of Syria's White Helmets and their families, Canada's special envoy to Syria, who played a key role in the rescue mission, has seen opposition forces' prospects in the Syrian Civil War slip away over the duration of her post. Robin Wettla...

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