Driven From Home, White Helmet Rescuers Start Over in North Syria

Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim sits next to his colleague Ahmed Rashid during an interview with Reuters in Azaz, Syria July 8, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

AZAZ, Syria—Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.

“We buried her and went back to work. There were a lot of people under the rubble,” he said. Months later, he can no longer even visit her grave.