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.

The latest escalation of violence in northwest Syria has uprooted more than a quarter of a million people from their homes as winter sets in.

The IRC spoke to Syrian men and women who have found temporary safety in Idlib—but worry they will be uprooted once more—about the places they escaped, and what they hope the future holds.

From relentless bombings on hospitals, schools and homes to the hundreds of thousands recently uprooted in Idlib, Syria is struggling with the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the war began nine years ago.

Thousands of people in Idlib, Syria, are living in dire conditions under constant threat of airstrikes. A Syrian health worker describes the trauma they are experiencing.