Trump ban bars Syria’s White Helmets from Oscars
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s blanket executive order on Syrian refugees and citizens, preventing them from traveling to the U.S., will affect the White Helmet volunteers depicted in an Academy Award-nominated documentary. The Syrian volunteers, also referred to as the Syrian Civil Defense, will not be permitted to attend the Oscars in February where The White Helmets…
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