Syria: centre for civil defence rescue workers, the White Helmets, hit by airstrikes Syrian regime and its Russian ally aviation targeted a centre for civil defence rescue workers, the White Helmets, in the rebel-held town of Saraqeb in northwestern Syria. Parts of the building where the centre is located were reduced to rubble and at least six rescue workers were wounded, all of whom are now in a stable condition, says an official of the organisation who heads civil defence teams in Idlib. IMAGES