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UN denies involvement in White Helmets evacuation from Syria

THE UN has denied playing a role in the controversial evacuation of pseudo-humanitarian group the White Helmets from Syria into Jordan last weekend.

Stefane Dujarrik, a spokesman for the UN secretary-general,  told a press conference on Monday that the organisation was not involved in giving 420 members of the fake NGO safe passage out of the country after they were surrounded by Syrian troops.

“We have nothing to do with this process of moving out [the White Helmets].

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