ALEPPO, Syria — The Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, expressed condolences for the death of Zuhair Rajo, a White Helmets administrative volunteer who was killed July 29 by regime airstrikes on the town of Kafr Zeita in northern Hama.

This is not the first time that White Helmets volunteers are killed by the regime and its allies, either in airstrikes or field attacks, targeting their centers, vehicles and equipment.

On June 26, Russian airstrikes targeted a White Helmets team in the southern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, killing two people and injuring two others. White Helmets volunteer Anas al-Dyab was killed July 22 by aerial bombardment in Khan Sheikhoun, while volunteer Ambar al-Bunni was killed the same day by an airstrike as he was helping to rescue victims of the Russian bombing targeting Maarat al-Numan, which killed more than 30 civilians.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) wrote in a report issued July 15 that the Syrian-Russian alliance forces targeted 31 vital White Helmets centers in the de-escalation zone in and around Idlib province, since the regime launched its offensive in northwestern Syria between April 26 and July 12. During that same period, four volunteers were killed by Russian forces while at least 22 others sustained injuries, the report said.