Reality Check/Ben Swann — Who's Funding The White Helmets?

Part i of an exposé.

More than controlling the narrative. Creating it.

As always, follow the money.

Zero Hedge
Who's Funding The White Helmets?

Reality Check amongst Ben Swann, Investigative Reporter | TruthInMedia

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Fox News
Czech president: Czechs made Novichok, citing spy agency

Associated Press

The UK's intelligence services seem to take away maintain lost all remaining credibility, later the Czech President's admission that his province had previously produced a nervus agent similar to the i Great Britain claims was used against Skripals.

"I recall at that spot are problems inwards in addition to or then the English linguistic communication spy agencies, who seem to last quite ready to industry evidence, inwards the example of the Steele dossier, mayhap industry prove inwards the example of the Skripal poisoning. And they are damaging their credibility. It takes a long fourth dimension to find credibility if you lot harm it this severely," political analyst Charles Ortel told RT.

On Thursday, the Czech Republic's president Milos Zeman revealed that his county had previously developed in addition to tested an A-230 chemic agent of the Novichok group, similar to the i which, according to London, was Russia's solely in addition to was "highly likely" used past times Moscow to toxicant one-time double agent Sergei Skripal in addition to his missy Yulia inwards Salisbury on March 4.

UPDATE:

Less than ii months agone the State Department hosted members of the White Helmets at Foggy Bottom. At the time, the humanitarian grouping was showered amongst praise for saving lives inwards Syria.

"Our meetings inwards March were real positive. There were fifty-fifty remarks from senior officials near long-term commitments fifty-fifty into 2020. There were no suggestions whatsoever near stopping support," Raed Saleh, the group's leader, told CBS News.

Now they are non getting whatever U.S funding every bit the State Department says the back upwards is "under active review." The U.S had accounted for near a tertiary of the group's overall funding.…

President Trump position a freeze on the $200 i G m inwards USA funding for recovery efforts inwards Syrian Arab Republic inwards slowly March. This freeze agency that USA back upwards for the White Helmets is non the only projection inwards jeopardy. There are besides many other stabilization efforts that are backed past times the USA -- including the clearing of explosive devices, bringing dorsum electricity, rebuilding schools, in addition to getting H2O running -- that may destination soon.

U.S. officials are working to consider if at that spot is a vogue to accommodate existing funding to encompass the costs for these projects. They are besides trying to larn other countries, such every bit Germany, to encompass some of the costs. Earlier this year, at the Brussels for the donor conference for Syria, High German Foreign Minister Maas pledged to a greater extent than than $1.1 billion to assistance people inwards ask inwards Syria. But every bit of now, Deutschland has non officially committed to stepping inwards beyond this initial commitment....

CBS News
U.S. freezes funding for Syria's "White Helmets"

Kylie Atwood

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RT
Czech President's 'Novichok bombshell' undermines London's credibility inwards Skripal case