It is sad to read that seven members of the White helmets were shot dead yesterday in an area controlled by an Islamist group linked to al Qaida. I met some of the White Helmets when they narrowly missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize last year. My deep condolences are passed to their families. This provides further evidence that the victims of Aleppo have been abandoned by the very people who encouraged them to rebel in 2011.
Rupert Wieloch 