Raed Saleh, the leader of the controversial group, told CBS the flow of US cash, which amounts to a third of their budget, had stopped in recent weeks, almost two months after their delegation was hosted by the US State Department in Washington, DC in March.
The State Department said the White Helmets financing was "under active review," according to the US broadcaster. Saleh complained they had not been formally notified and only had enough money to last for one or two months.
Later, the Russian Envoy to the OPCW reported that Russian experts who conducted the verification of reports on the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Douma, found participants in the filming of the video, presented earlier by the White Helmets, which was provided as evidence of the supposed chemotherapy given to victims after the alleged chemical attack.