ALEPPO, Syria — Maysa Nader has many responsibilities as a wife and mother of three, yet she makes time to volunteer in the Syria Civil Defense — the White Helmets — in the areas under opposition control in Aleppo province. Nader seems adept at balancing her familial and volunteer demands, with her family's support.
Each morning, she told Al-Monitor, she heads to the White Helmets center in Atareb. Nader, 25, is one of more than 200 women who volunteer in Idlib, Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces.