Thread by @Charles_Lister

In 85 days, ~1 million people have fled their homes in #Idlib, #Syria.

60% are kids & 20% women.

They're now homeless, hemmed onto a shut #Turkey border. There are no tents left & little food. Kids are freezing to death.

Where the Hell is the world's attention? WAKE UP.

#pt: The #Idlib crisis is unprecedented, BUT not just for #Syria - this is the biggest humanitarian crisis in modern history AND it happened rapidly, in 2-3 months.

This isn't just "someone else's problem," it's a global one. If left untouched, the consequences WILL be global.

#pt: 1 million people, including 600,000 kids, with the clothes on their back & some blankets, if they're lucky. In the winter.

The @UN has run out of cross-border funds & #Syria is blocking supplies from elsewhere.

Meanwhile, #Russia is flattening hospitals, schools & markets.

@UN #pt: These aren't just numbers or partisan allegations. They're cold, hard facts.

Imagine #WashingtonDC being *emptied* 3 times over. That's how many people are now homeless in northern #Idlib.

Where is your humanity @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron & co?

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron #pt: When a corner of the globe is hit by a natural disaster, the world mobilizes & deploys en masse, to protect human life.

But when northwestern #Syria is flattened & 1,000,000 people flee in 80 days, the world just shrugs its shoulders.

An inconvenient development, perhaps.

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron 3 days ago, a @SyriaCivilDef volunteer in #Idlib told @AlexCrawfordSky that "the world wants us to die in silence."

He was absolutely right.

The global indifference can be explained no other way.

#SaveIdlib #SaveSyria

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky This father in #Idlib is offering to sell his kidney in exchange for a tent to shelter his family.

A tent.
For a kidney.

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky This is a really excellent diagnosis of current U.S. (@StateDept-led) policy on #Syria, by @ibrahimhamidi.

- Focus on an economic war of attrition, set to escalate with #CaesarAct & retain leverage through #SDF. Talks with #Russia largely fruitless.

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@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky *Extremely* important investigative report by @Channel4News - watch this:

- "How we investigated a hospital bombing in #Syria & found evidence #Russia was to blame"

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky @Channel4News As if #Assad & #Russia couldn't get worse, a total of *10* schools & kindergartens were bombed today in #Idlib.

That' the most intense targeting of educational facilities in at least a year - per @SavetheChildren.

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky @Channel4News @SavetheChildren A lot of people have asked me how to support the people of #Idlib, amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

@SyriaRandD are doing invaluable work & are raising intensively for #Idlib (srd.ngo), as are orgs like @SyriaRelief, @sams_usa, @RESCUEorg & @org_violet.

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky @Channel4News @SavetheChildren @SyriaRandD @SyriaRelief @sams_usa @RESCUEorg @org_violet Update: @sams_usa confirms that 8 schools & 2 pre-schools were bombed today by #Syria/#Russia -- 11 civilians killed (incl. 6 kids) & 32 wounded (incl. 14 kids & 6 women).

#Idlib's Central Hospital was also hit, causing "significant structural & material damage."

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky @Channel4News @SavetheChildren @SyriaRandD @SyriaRelief @sams_usa @RESCUEorg @org_violet This is a 220mm 9M27K rocket, designed to carry x30 cluster bombs.

It's made by #Russia, as is its Urugan ("hurricane") launcher.

This one landed in a kindergarten in #Idlib, this morning.

Fortunately, it didn't detonate, or release its submunitions.

@UN @realDonaldTrump @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @SyriaCivilDef @AlexCrawfordSky @Channel4News @SavetheChildren @SyriaRandD @SyriaRelief @sams_usa @RESCUEorg @org_violet NEW - According to @REACH_info, existing IDP camps in N. #Idlib are hosting x5 more people than designed.

- 13,000 families have NO shelter

- 12,000 families eat 1 or 0 meals/day

- 96% lack of winter items (fuel, winter clothes etc.)

reach-initiative.org/what-we-do/new…