In Syria, renewed bombing has reportedly killed more than 150 people this week
in rebel-controlled Aleppo. On Wednesday, at least 15 people died after
airstrikes hit East Aleppo’s biggest market. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights reports at least four children were killed and 10 wounded
earlier today when shells landed near a school in western Aleppo, the area
controlled by the government. On Wednesday, Pope Francis issued what has been
described as his strongest appeal to date for an end to the fighting in Syria.
We turn now to look at a group in Syria known as the Syrian Civil Defense, or
the White Helmets. The group of some 3,000 volunteers has been credited with
saving over 60,000 people from the rubble of buildings in war-torn Syria. Last
month the group won a Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel
Prize. We speak to Orlando von Einsiedel, director of the new documentary "The
White Helmets."
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