At the other side of the borders, more than 250kms west of the Berm, the situation remains the same as rooms and wards inside MSF’s emergency surgical project in Ramtha hospital stand almost empty, as the closure of Jordan’s borders with Syria has also affected the medical evacuation of war-wounded Syrians to MSF’s Ramtha surgical project. Although the violence and fighting between warring parties in southern Syria has intensified, the borders remain sealed and war-wounded Syrians continue to be denied access to Ramtha for the fifth consecutive month. MSF fears that its ongoing programmes in Jordan which address the medical needs of war-wounded Syrians could come to an end if the situation at the borders remains the same.