in north—west syria, rola was now living in a makeshift camp. syria, there are already three million displaced people. much of their country reduced to rubble long before the earthquake hit, devastated by a civil war that started more than a decade ago. syria right now can be divided into regime—held syria and rebel— held syria. regime—held syria is now under the control of president bashar al—assad and his regime, which continues to oppress people. there's a real hellscape in north—west syria. you've got people who were living in informal encampments, in tents, in a situation of real high levels of desperation, even the day before the earthquake. and now you've got this unspeakable tragedy piled on top. there's only one border crossing where aid provided by the un can enter north—west syria from turkey. russia, a key ally to president bashir al—assad, has vetoed any others. what we're actually looking at here is a strangulation situation that has put humanitarian aid in a very difficult position, and made it very hard to give people anything li