Testimony
00:00 – 00:04
My name is Zahra Al Abed. I come from Al Habeet, in rural southern Idlib province.


00:05 – 00:11
We left our town around six months ago because of the bombing and the airstrikes.
Zahra and her family are staying
in Deir Hassan camp
in Idlib province






00:13 – 00:16
We barely had time to draw breath. We left with little more than the clothes on our backs.


00:17 – 00:30
I managed to take four mattresses and four blankets, but most people in the town fled with just the clothes they were wearing because the attack was so sudden: artillery, rockets, airstrikes…
Almost 1,000,000 people
have been displaced in northwest Syria
since 1 December 2019






00:31 – 00:38
We came to the Deir Hassan area. We tried to find a place to rent, but with no luck. For a month we stayed in a village called Al Bardaqli.


00:39 – 00:47
Then the villagers suggested setting up a camp for people like us who had fled Al Habeet, so that we could all be together in one camp.
The camp is overcrowded and
lacks basic services






01:19 – 01:28
Now it’s winter and the situation is desperate.


02:25 – 02:32
There is no sanitation.


01:41 – 01:55
Around 400 families are staying in this settlement. With no school, most children stay in their tents all day.


01:56 – 02:02
People are waiting for a sign of hope. We’re exhausted and we’re desperate. What else can I say?
MSF is planning to provide people there with essential relief items and to step up
its medical assistance






02:03 – 02:12
Our situation here is tragic.


02:12 – 02:23
In the winter, the roads are dreadful. Go around the camp and see for yourself. No bike or car can drive on them.


01:04 – 01:18
The local villagers helped build some basic tracks in case you need to go up the mountain or fetch water.
MSF is asking
Turkish authorities
to facilitate the transit
of staff and essential supplies to northwest Syria