Tens of thousands of Syrians who fled the traumatic bombing of Aleppo are crowded into shelters in Idlib province. The IRC is there providing cash relief, trauma counseling and other emergency support to hundreds of recently-arrived families.

From the carnage in Eastern Ghouta to the hundreds of thousands uprooted in Idlib, the war in Syria has taken a catastrophic human toll as we mark its seventh year.

Words of outrage over the chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria must evolve into action—diplomatic action to protect innocent civilians and bring about a lasting and long overdue peace. Here are four things the U.S. can and must do now to help Syrians whose lives have been shattered by six years of war.