A Syrian student at the University of Huddersfield has been invited to dine with the Queen, as thanks for his life-saving charity work in war-stricken Aleppo.

Sleman Shwaish, 26, will join other Red Cross volunteers at a garden party at Buckingham Palace on June 12, after dedicating four years to providing first aid and crucial support to victims of the country’s brutal civil war.

Sleman used his skills to help hundreds of people, despite witnessing many disturbing scenes, when he began working for the Red Cross affiliated Syrian Arab Red Crescent whilst studying for his first degree.

He aided ambulance crews and helped provide basic necessities for those who had been most affected by unrelenting violence between pro government forces and rebel factions, who want to oust the government in response to government corruption and human rights abuses.

It is the latest accolade for Sleman, who was recently accepted onto a masters at the university in nutrition and food science, and was granted refugee status after moving to the UK in December 2012 to avoid compulsory enrollment into the Syrian army.

He said: “It is a great honour to receive the invite and I’m looking forward to attending.

“I decided to get involved with the charity because I felt overcome with a desire to help my people.

“So many are needlessly suffering and it makes me feel so sad.

“The civil war is causing huge problems in the country and I think that its citizens need as much help as possible.”

Sleman, who now lives in Lee Head in Birkby, will join other Red Cross volunteers at the event to honour the humanitarian efforts in the country and to celebrate the charity’s 150th anniversary.

Talking about his future hopes, he said that he hopes to return to Syria but not whilst he risks being drafted into the army.

He now works as an interpreter for the Leeds branch of the Red Cross, where he uses Kurdish, Arabic, Aramaic and English to help in refugee cases and is involved in the Syrian Students Society.

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