the area under very difficult circumstances how bad is the humanitarian situation there in eastern guta. well good morning i just returned from yesterday and. i have to say i was completely overwhelmed by the scope of destruction in the east and i think i have never seen anything like this in my twenty seven years of carrying out of the state the national committee of the red cross and the needs are simply. huge and massive and never thought less indeed as you just say it. really saw and i spoke to even a few people who have recently retardant and meet destruction trying to rebuild their lives and i think. now in the east and as well as in other parts of the country it's only now. the. scale of the needs starts starts to emerge and definitely there will be need. huge support for people who are living there in these areas affected by conflict as well. it's interesting you say that you were overwhelmed and in your near three decades of working in humanitarian assistance you've never seen something quite as bad as the situation in eastern guta what are we talking about of the homes just ru

director of operations of the international committee of the red cross has just returned from eastern guta a militant stronghold recently regained by the syrian government. just returned from eastern court yesterday. i have to say i was completely overwhelmed by the scope of destruction in eastern i think i have never seen anything like this in my twenty seven years of career based international committee of the red cross the scale of the needs starts to emerge it's starting to emerge and definitely there will be a need for huge support for all the people who are living there in these areas affected by conflict as well as for those who are returning east. approximately three even more than three million people used to live there and now it's only three hundred fifty thousand and in the place where i was nearly ninety percent of the infrastructure is completely destroyed you see entire neighborhoods that are at the steroid houses that are become have become completely unbelievable . is what i was talking about the people who are back there and people who are leaving dad they can fend for th