Thread 🧶
Over the past week, a snowstorm across Syria and neighbouring countries has left millions of displaced Syrians at risk of freezing and has killed at least three children ⤵️
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
Over the past week, a snowstorm across Syria and neighbouring countries has left millions of displaced Syrians at risk of freezing and has killed at least three children ⤵️
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
The freezing weather is not just affecting Syrians in the northwest, but across the war-torn country and in refugee camps in neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey.
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
Aid workers are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of families trapped in the storm ⤵️
“The freezing temperatures and ice make it difficult for water tankers and health teams to reach those places.” - Mark Cutts, humanitarian UN coordinator.
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
“The freezing temperatures and ice make it difficult for water tankers and health teams to reach those places.” - Mark Cutts, humanitarian UN coordinator.
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
Over the past month, the price of drinking water, fuel for heating, and wood have skyrocketed.
With 97% of northwest Syria living in extreme poverty, living below $2 a day ⤵️
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
With 97% of northwest Syria living in extreme poverty, living below $2 a day ⤵️
🔗: aje.io/m8ahd6
Even after the snowstorm subsides, the effort to support millions of people will remain urgent.
Read more here ⤵️ aje.io/m8ahd6
Read more here ⤵️ aje.io/m8ahd6
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
