Syria<\/p>\n Excerpt from the article:<\/strong><\/p>\n As destitute civilians stumble out of the Islamic State group’s last enclave in east Syria, a mixed bag of unlikely characters are pitching in to help get them to safety.<\/p>\n They include a team of medics led by an American veteran and his children as well as a group of truckers from a remote Syrian town.<\/p>\n Close to 40,000 have fled IS’s last Euphrates Valley bastions into territory held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, in pitiful conditions after weeks of bombardment and food shortages.<\/p>\n Citing security concerns, global aid agencies have kept their distance from the town of Baghouz where the jihadists are making a last stand and the SDF’s limited humanitarian capacities cannot cope with the influx.<\/p>\n Enter the Free Burma Rangers (FBR).<\/p>\n Led by a US veteran and passionate Christian, David Eubank, the team of around 25 volunteers — including his wife and three children — is camped out on a plateau overlooking Baghouz that serves as the first stop for fleeing civilians.<\/p>\n “We’re not qualified to be here. I asked God, what would I do here?” Eubank told AFP, dressed in military fatigues and a fishing hat, a pistol holstered on his hip.<\/p>\n “I felt God say: ‘Give up your own way. Just come help,'” he said.<\/p>\n Find the full article here<\/a> or click the photo above.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"From](\"https:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sahale.jpg\")
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