but it's not just yarmuk camp. humanitarian workers have not been able to access for many, many months. the situation in yarmuk is certainly we're hearing it from activists inside the camp. but we have not been able to get inside to assess the situation. and if we had bad access probably we would not be hearing about these reports. >> can you plain to interrupt you us, sorry i didn't median to interrupt but what's the problem and who is it that's stopping you and what are they saying about not letting you in? >> basically, this is an area where fighting is happening on daily basis. in order to get no these areas you need to get permission from the government. you also need to get security schurnses thaassurances that yod into this nurse-practitioner spot with the relative safety to the convoy. we haven't been able to get the fermingses and in many cases like and it's not only again like in yarmuk, you send the trucks and the convoy is there but you cannot move it because there is fighting inside and you are not aut

. >> yarmuk is a place of profound civilian suffering. because of medical care women are dying in childbirth, there is reports of l heavily reduced to eating animal feed spices mixed in unsafe water. interyarmuk was just south ef the damascus. eem of 1950s. dpru to include schools and health centers. the camp has been under rebel control every forover a year but it's been surrounded by government forces in the last few months. activists say if camp is effectively under a military siege. >> in order to get to these areas you need to get permission from the government, you need to gis have many did allow or you can get the aid night this plash spot with without any many -- with the relative safety to the corn invoice. >> the u.n. relief agency has called urgently for a humanitarian corridor, there has been no water heating and snoot supply is returning out, karen lyon hadmentn malone, al jazeera. syria. >> we saw a desperate situation where aid groups vice president been able to go in. >> both parties are accusing each other, syrians say th

yarmuk, an, -- area that is about five kilometers outside of damascus, we have managed to get five parcels food in there. there are thousands there that we need to get to. in the northeast of syria we need to deliver by road. we need convoys of aid coming in . because of differences between the troops on the ground and the government, we have been only to take -- we have only been able to take stuff in by air. it is far too little. there is a great deal more we can do if we have the political will behind us. >> has access to humanitarian beennd the denial of it used as a weapon? >> in my view, using a siege of communities, blockading is being usedhis as a weapon of war, absolutely. we all its own logic, know that. each side thinks that they can win. it is clear, i think of a few listens the political discussions that there is a feeling that they cannot. this could drag on for years and years while the political negotiations continue. let's take action on the humanitarian front. iss than two years ago when first went to syria, we were talking about a million people. and then we thought it w

in the yarmuk refugee camp people had to take fire from pro government snipers, they tried to forage for food. conditions here are so bad, people are dying here of hunger. nick shifrin, al jazeera on the syrian turkish border. >> the eastern seaboard is bracing for a blast of arctic air again. kevin corriveau is here. >> coming out of alberta, why we call them alberta clippers. goa minus 17°. we are going to -- fargo minus 17°. as john said, we'll see big problems. if you are traveling across most of the coastal regions, particularly, tomorrow, the warnings are out, the dark blues indicate the winter storm warnings. we even have blizzard watches for cape cod because the blizzard warnings are expected to be so strong. we are surprised how this has actually turned out. they have increased the numbers as the day has progressed. eastern part of long island, ten to 14 inches of snow. going down into delaware as well as maryland, across the northeast for massachusetts it's going to feel more like a blizzard because the storm just off the coast is going to bring those winds up. tomorrow mor

what valerie is referring to is people are living in the suburbs of damascus, yarmuk, for example, is a district south of the capital. when we understand is that up to 12 people have died from malnutrition since september and people are eating grass. so the international community doing its best to try to get assurances, guarantees from both parties, from all the warning factions, not just the government. they want safe and unhindered access. not just to the besieged areas but battle zones as well. >> given the number of opposition groups on the ground, we are also talking to them. we have had guarantees from some of them that they will make sure that humanitarian workers are safe. we are looking for the same guarantees of government who have said the same thing. the u.n. will be holding a donor conference in the next few days. they are trying to secure up to $7 billion so they can provide much needed assistance to the people of syria, inside and the refugees outside. but u.n. officials have told us they are hoping to raise awareness as a need to create the humanitarian corridors. >>