Thousands of displaced Syrians have crowded into villages in central Idlib, where they shelter in makeshift tents or abandoned structures. The IRC is there, providing health care and emergency cash relief.

Since the 1970s, millions of Afghans have fled to Pakistan to escape ongoing violence and natural disaster. They’ve found safety, built families and restarted their lives. However, many are now being forced to return to an unstable country that is unable to support them.

Fighting in northwest Syria, including Idlib, has uprooted nearly a million Syrians—triggering the largest displacement in the country’s nine-year-old war.