On Saturday, unknown militants killed seven members of the White Helmets during a raid on their center in Sarmin town in the southern Idlib countryside, according to opposition sources.
The attackers allegedly used 9-mm pistols equipped with silencers during the attack.
An official statement of the White Helmets confirmed that Ziad Hasan Qadhnoun, Bassil Mustafa Qassas, Mohammed Shabib, Abdul Razaq Hassan Haj Khalil, Mohammed Deeb Alhir, Mohammed Karumah and Obaidah al-Dwan were killed in the attack.
صور من عملية دفن عناصر “الدفاع المدني” الذين قتلوا على يد مجهولين في سرمين pic.twitter.com/2KKVC6ssXp
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) 12 August 2017
The assailants stole some helmets, Tow-Way radio sets and two minibuses from the center after they killed the seven volunteers, according to the White Helmets official statement.
A van stolen from Sarmin found burnt in countryside pic.twitter.com/2qEffhpbGl
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) 12 August 2017
One of the stolen minibuses was found burned in the countryside of Sarmin town, which may mean that the real aim of the assailants was not theft.
No side has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. However, ISIS is believed to be behind the attack. Sarmin is considered an ISIS stronghold in Idlib province. In turn, the White Helmets are key partners of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that launched a security campaign against ISIS in Idlib, including Sarmin town itself last month.
Opposition activists said that HTS was responsible for the incident because it had not deployed any security in the town after the group captured it from the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
Ha ha Russian special forces, GOOD JOB.
I’m also sure these 7 guys were not just some guys working for the group.
I wonder what movie they were in? Maybe even a short clip of some action saving beautiful babies.
They are in the White helmets HQ wearing the W. H t-shirts, yeah must of had nothing to do with them ,yeah right. Terrorist actors deserve what they got.
Hmmm… I was wondering too…. I recall a relatively short world leader saying something like: “Our task is to destroy terrorists faster than the United States can train them.”
Keep it up! Kill those fake propaganda maker
Thats the way it goes in retard jihad idlibistan
nice !
Beat me to it!
Seven members of ISIS the less. Well done.
terrorists kill terrorists, best manner of getting rid of them!
If by stealth , it was likely spetsnaz. If by subterfuge, it was by SAA intelligence.
The SAA has moles in both Isis and idlib. But it’s harder to infiltrate idlib, because the Saudis refuse to trust any Syrians in command positions. Syrian conscripts are treated as cannon fodder.
It’s about time somebody started killing them. Doesn’t matter who.
USA=Nato=UN informers were killed.Coalition again coalition.Let them sort out each other.Mistura,Salmon and Erdogan and world threat USA plan failed.Let Mistura escort the remaining white evil helmets out.
it would have been nice if the names were american, british or european.
Go between dog’s ! Go to to hell !
Good friggin riddance, whoever did this
With everyone thinking it to be either Russia,SAA , HTS or ISIS no one ever thinks it might be the US/Coalition itself,take your pick in the possibilities who the attackers were.
It’s not US/CIA bcs they have no propaganda gain of it. Close hand gun murder in Selafi ONLY populated area, it’s just Wahhabi power struggle, just like in middle ages, beheader warlords fighting for domination, HTS-al Qaida wants leadership, but their rebranding tactics are exposed a long time ago. There is no “moderate opposition” in Syria, no a single group support secular government, they all want Sharia Law, just minor details in brutality exist. Also, there is no such thing as “radical Islam”, an ex Muslim said, if every Muslim in the world followed Quran by the letter, they’ll all be like Baghdadi. Islam is violent, discriminatory, bigoted ideology, not a religion. In current version, Islam is not compatible with civilised world. Sharia Law must go and other violent, discriminatory “laws and orders” by pedo murderer Muhammad and liar and deceiver Allah. Untill then, Islam is 1400 yrs behind the world. Where are those western 3rd wave Feminists? They are not fighting for women’s rights, they are busy policing thoughts and internet, while in the same time imagining “new genders”, infinite number of potential new “victims”, SJW post modernists/marxists are plague just like al Qaida and ISIS, they both fight to end western world as it is. They are in constant search of the new “oppressor”, now they are turning on each other, just like beheaders in Idlibstan, Evergreen State College-those crazy antifa SJW’s accused full blown liberal jewish professor of racism, bcs he said it’s not right to restrict anything on any group of ppl… #LeftEatsTheirOwn #Idlibstan follows…pls continue…
The thing is if all religious texts are followed according to their writing, this wold would be for some major hurt with religious extremism to the nth everywhere. Why most don’t follow these texts religiously as they were all given the choice in how to follow these texts.
Yeah? Well guess what religion do Iranians or SAA follow? Christianity? Lmao It’s the US who created/supported a bunch of anarchists who later became terrorists. There was no terrorism before US massacred over 1.1 million Iraqis, killed half a million Iraqi children due to blockade of food and funded terrorists in Iraq.
Why would they assassinate their own foot soldiers? It’s not like folk are lining up to join any more… And even those they train run away to the other side these days.
These seven might have planned to leave the group since there are some that are not tied to terrorists always need to have a real component to it ,they did kidnap the real Syrian rescuers. The taking of the White helmets and the vans indicates this was an attempt to distract from the real reason. There are always deeper motives than many think which can be easily overlooked.
Then they woulda cut their throats to chop their heads off.
Looks like someone didn’t like their movie directing skills.
Yes, Hoollywood actors always will risk their life trying to make film action in Syria.
White Helmets Fabricate Pretext For New U.S. Strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LnVHw96jFs
And they got an Oscar for THIS?!!? Well the Oscar is a Shitshow anyway.
And nothing of value was lost
Good!
The evil that men will eventually catch up with them! God riddance: War Hooligans do not deserve any credit: £100 million of UK ta money for criminals!
white helmets = ISIS financed by the uSSa