U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum grants award to Syrian volunteer aid group

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is giving its highest honor to the Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer group that operates in rebel-controlled areas in Syria and Turkey.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Days of Remembrance" ceremony in the The Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC

(photo credit: REUTERS/YURI GRIPAS)

ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA

APRIL 16, 2019 03:22

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