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This programme contains scenes some viewers may find upsetting.

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Two British doctors on a mission to bring relief to Syria's children.

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They don't have any baby ones. They have given me a great, big one.

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Setting up clinics in Syria for families who don't have access to

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medical care. This baby needs to be picked up. Are you the dad?

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The civil war has triggered the greatest humanitarian disaster of

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this century. One-third of the entire population has been forced

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from their homes. Beyond the reach of most

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international aid agencies. I dare any of them to come and just

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spend one day in this camp to live. Just one day. Working in hospitals,

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spend one day in this camp to live. they witness the dangers faced by

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local staff. All the babies are coming down. A

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very loud bang. It sounded quite close. You are waking up! They see

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first-hand how their life-saving work is giving hope to the most

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vulnerable. Those little fingers are so small!

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And witness the truth about the war's child casualties after a

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shocking attack on a school. I think there's been some kind of chemical

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attack. There are dozens of people who have been rushed in, covered in

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attack. There are dozens of people burns and some white powder, dust.

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Their clothes are hanging off them. The whole world has failed our

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nation. It is innocent civilians who are

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paying the price. This is a camp in Syria, right on

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the border with Turkey and the prospect of sanctuary.

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The gates are closed and the people here cannot travel the final few

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metres to safety. For two-and-a-half years, Syria has been at war and

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millions are on the move. Half of them are children. Approximately

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20,000 people here. Mostly women and children. It has just grown

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massively since the first time I came. These two British doctors are

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here with Hand in Hand for Syria - a UK charity which helped to set up

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the camp, now the largest inside Syria. I have about 17 people trying

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to hold my hand! My adopted children! Rola's family is from

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Syria and she lived her as a child. Now she is an Intensive Care doctor

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in London. Unfortunately, a lot of kids have

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started to have horrible nightmares. Some that scream, some that have

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gone mute. Are you all right? She has volunteered in war zones before,

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but none compare to Syria. I am sure, despite best efforts by their

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mums, they are filthy. Their hair is matted with dust and dirt.

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You can see all these temporary little ditches being dug, draining

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You can see all these temporary from the... It is summer. It is hot.

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Perfect incubation environment for disease. I was asking the kids if

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they like the camp. It was a resounded, no. It is a tough

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they like the camp. It was a to grow up.

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Even harder to be newborn here. Every tent holds a tragic story.

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This man's six-year-old daughter was killed, his home destroyed. His wife

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was pregnant at the time with twins. The girls are just a few weeks old.

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I have been reporting from Syria for two years. By travelling the

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doctors, I am hoping to see the humanitarian crisis through their

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eyes. We can only film their work in

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areas. Our journey begins just two days

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after the chemical attack in Damascus.

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Over two million people have left Syria, almost five million are

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refugees in their own country. That's nearly one-third of the

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population made homeless. You would normally expect to see a

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lot of big foreign charities working in places like this, but because the

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country has become so dangerous, very few of them dare to tread

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across the border, meaning people are desperate for any kind of aid or

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medical support. Despite the risks, Rola and Saleyha

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have been asked by their charity to Despite the risks, Rola and Saleyha

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check up on the hospitals it runs. been in a car crash. He shows signs

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of brain injury. Oh, that is a nasty bump. Every day things happen - road

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traffic accidents happen. The last couple of years, t focus has been on

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trauma and war injuries that actually everything else has gotten

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forgotten. Now we find ourselves two-and-a-half years down the road,

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our whole health care system has essentially been destroyed.

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Some painkillers would be helpful. Can I get some IV paracetamol?

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No paracetamol? You don't have paracetamol? Had a tumble and a

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fall. If he was with me at Queen's he would go for a CT scan. This is

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fall. If he was with me at Queen's not Queen's in Essex, it is a

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hospital in Aleppo Province. We cannot say where, because clinics

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have been targeted by Government forces and on occasion shot at by

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have been targeted by Government rebel troops. There's no scanner

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here and he'll have to be moved. rebel troops. There's no scanner

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We have no phone connection to speak to the receiving hospital. They tend

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oh only receive war injuries. to the receiving hospital. They tend

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There is a bit of a discussion about whether we can do that or not.

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Eventually a vehicle is found, but it is not so much an ambulance as a

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Transit Van. It is not the most comfortable way

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to go. It is a sponge mat on the bottom of an empty van. Who is

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travelling with him? One of the emergency nurses. I am giving him

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our trauma kit. Rola wants to assess what the clinics on the ground need.

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She has her first item. It seems we need an ambulance.

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In a system overwhelmed by war injuries, civilian cases are not a

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priority. In the end he does not get his brain scan.

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The doctors are heading deeper into Syria, where the snoweds are --

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where the needs are greater, so too are the dangers. It is the first

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time Saleyha would have gone this far into the country.

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Should I be worried? Area does get shelled from the air. Sometimes

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every night, sometimes every other night. A doctor said we are afraid

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from the sky. Yes, absolutely. The night. A doctor said we are afraid

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very nature of being here is it is unpredictable.

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very nature of being here is it is We are heading to the rebel-held

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parts of the north. There is a vehicle coming... An area I have

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reported from often in the past. It is a dangerous patchwork of

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territory that constantly changes hands. The Syrian Government says it

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is rooting out terrorists and foreign fighters. Bombing rebel

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bases. But its air campaign means foreign fighters. Bombing rebel

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civilian areas are heavily pounded. The doctors want to see what medical

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care is available for children closer to where the fighting is.

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What are you doing? Trying to handle this flipping thing!

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Right... I can't move! No, you can't move. You won't be able to move or

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breathe, but you will be safe! There are reports of fighting ahead

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and the team's security guards are worried.

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What did they say? They are concerned about safety at the

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location we're going to. Western journalists have been

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targeted in Syria, so I have to travel with my own security.

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The doctors are able to be more low-key and take their own vehicles.

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The war in Syria is now in its third year. Sectarian differences and

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extremism have taken hold on both sides and the conflict threatens the

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extremism have taken hold on both stability of the region.

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We are travelling around Syria, it has never been more dangerous, both

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foreign journalists and foreign aid worker have been targeted. We are

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going through a checkpoint now. Just worker have been targeted. We are

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put the camera down a bit. Rebel factions fight each other as well as

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the Government. Lawlessness prevails. In areas which were once

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safe can become dangerous almost overnight. This is the Islamic state

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of Iraq in Syria. It is affiliated with Al-Qaeda. Increasing numbers of

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Jihadies have come in, they are setting up checkpoints, so it means

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any foreigns, in particular travelling around the country, run

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the gauntlet of these checkpoints every few miles or so. And the worse

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thing about driving around is -- worst thing about driving around is

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you are never sure what lies around the next corner.

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The doctors have heard that the front-line clinic is short on

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paediatric supplies. I just wanted to get a sense of what is there -

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see what are they providing, what aren't they providing. No idea what

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we will see. We have been hearing a huge amount of shelling overnight

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from surrounding areas, so... As they get closer, it is clear the

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reports of fighting are accurate. What did the guy at the checkpoint

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say? The road we are meant to be taking has been closed off because C

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and T barrels have been dropped on it all morning. It has destroyed the

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route and it is closed off. And that it all morning. It has destroyed the

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was from this morning? From an hour ago. OK.

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We could have been on that road an hour ago.

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The route to the frontline goes through a town that's been

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consistently targeted by Government forces because rebel fighters have

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consistently targeted by Government used it as a base.

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We were hearing ohhen the local radio from -- we were hearing on the

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local radio that they can see a helicopter up in the sky. It has

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just dropped what, is frankly the largest bomb, creating the biggest

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explosion I have seen in two years of covering Syria.

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The barrel bomb was dropped from a helicopter. What it hit wasn't a

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rebel base at all, but the local courthouse.

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Media activists have filmed similar attacks on the town. In the centre

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of the screen, you can see one of these barrel bombs s tumbling to the

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ground, deadly and indiscriminate. It is not surprising so many have

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fled their homes. As our convoy arrives at the frontline clinic, a

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fighter jet was spotted overhead. We are told to take cover.

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There is a plane flying above us and I have been told to go and run and

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There is a plane flying above us and get under a tree. It is a little

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tiny tree. I can't see it. I can get under a tree. It is a little

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hear it. I can't see it. I'm very nervous. Everyone is agitated and we

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can see smoke from just down the road behind us. Get in and get the

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cars off the road and get out of here as soon as possible.

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This child recites the Koran for the doctors. His dad is a surgeon and

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with no school to go to, the eight-year-old spends his day

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watching casualties come through the door.

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I want to save people. This is the only place for miles around where

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sick children can get help. This is the paediatric supply of medication.

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20 odd bottles, similar to paracetamol along with a not very

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useful medication. It is not an antibiotic. It is not going to save

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a life basically. It is more a painkiller.

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It is not just medicine that is in short supply, there are a few

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willing to work here and those that are get little time off. They have

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all been on call for the last 18 are get little time off. They have

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days continuously. No rest. Living in the hospital. They can't go. Too

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many people arriving. Not enough of them.

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Four days later, we see the area being pounded by the Syrian Air

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Force. The clinic is overwhelmed with

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casualties. Rebel fighters wounded on the front-line.

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Supplies are so short that the medics were giving blood to keep

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their own patients alive. REPORTER: What's it like working in

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this hospital? Children are at the forefront of

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this conflict. They have sung and protested and even fought in the

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war. On both sides of the divide,

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children are becoming orphans and refugees. The next morning, we move

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to a village a few miles west of the front-line. It is home to hundreds

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of families who have been uprooted. This 11-year-old joins the scramble

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at the village well for beginedling -- dwindling resources.

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closed since the war began. Children used to come here to study, now they

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live here as displaced families make homes of classrooms. The charity's

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foot parcels are being delivered up the road from the well. She wants to

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hear what children and families have been going through.

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There are 50 people living in the school. Bravo. High five.

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This man is 85 years old and he has been left with nothing. His home has

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gone and his family dispersed and his health is deteriorating.

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He is just saying that their village was attacked three months ago and

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He is just saying that their village they had to leave with just the

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clothes on their backs. These are all their families. They were all

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moved en masse here. The old man can barely p see. He has

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diabetes because he hasn't been able to get his medicine since the war

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began. No school for two years. Nothing at

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all. No education whatsoever. Saying that they have had no immunisations

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also for two years. Now the village wants to re-open the

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school. They have been told they have got four days to leave. And

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where will all the people go that live here?

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where will all the people go that Don't know.

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Was quite -- I was quite blown away by the elderly gentleman's emotion.

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A food basket although it is better than nothing is such a drop in the

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ocean. It is not a home. It is not your health. It is not your

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medication that you need. It is not your dignity back, it is not your

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broken heart mended. We better go. The doctors keep getting moved on.

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The guards are worried that if they stay anywhere too long they will

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become a target. The next stop is at a new Children's

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Hospital set-up by the charity. The doctors want to check supplies and

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see what he level of care the mums doctors want to check supplies and

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and babies are getting. Where is it? Shall we go down the stairs?

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So the ward is running a little bit short because an an artillery shell.

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There was a loud bang. An artillery shell landed near the hospital. Our

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guards come in to tell us to leave. That sounded pretty close. It sounds

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like this went down very close to where we were distributing our food

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baskets earlier. The mums are going. They are trying

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to go. She wants to go.

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She wants to try and leave to go home. I think she should stay

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indoors for now. It soon becomes clear that our presence is making

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people nervous. We have been asked to leave with

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people nervous. immediate effect due to a real

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concern that we have been targeted here or rather the area is being

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targeted because of us and I think we should do that.

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Yeah. It is not clear what the shell was aimed at, but the UN has accused

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Yeah. It is not clear what the shell the Government of systematically

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Yeah. It is not clear what the shell targeting hospitals and medics. The

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regime has denied this. It is so unheard of, unfortunately

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medical facilities, hospitals, doctors have been targeted from day

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one of this war. Let's go. Ready. OK.

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At night, the lights of Government controlled cities in the distance

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seem to taunt rebel held towns where the power has been cut. At another

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school in the village, food parcels are handed out in the dark. Some are

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school in the village, food parcels upset their names aren't on the

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list. But despite the desperation, there is still warmth and a token of

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hospitality. They bake bread which is just

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delicious. But fear is never far from people's minds, sometimes when

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the electricity goes out, it is a sign that the regime forces are

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going to strike. My dad's family is from a very

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similar background to most of the people we were meeting. Maybe we

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open each other's wounds up. The one who says she lost her son or her

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cousin or her dad and I just think who says she lost her son or her

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of the family members we have lost. They are sort of bringing it up to

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the surface and with that, they bring up my emotions to the surface

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as well. Back near the Turkish borders crowds

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gather outside a Children's Hospital set up by Hand In Hand.

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This is the only place to get free childhood immunisations.

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While the doctor is here, she is approached for help. This woman used

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While the doctor is here, she is to be a nurse and now she lives in a

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camp with other displaced families. I would love to go and see. I think

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we should do that. The camp where the nurse lives has

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about 160 tents, housing 250 families.

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It is one of many squalid make-shift sites dotted around the border area.

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She wants to me to come and see this patient here.

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There is someone with fever, diarrhoea, headaches in pretty much

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every single tent and it sounds like it is ous because one family member

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after the other is getting unwell. It smells really awful. This sewage

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water goes all the way past the water well which is by that triangle

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water goes all the way past the of metal.

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And this is why so many children here are getting sick. Raw sewage is

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mixing with their own source of drinking water.

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It is disgusting. I am not surprised everyone in their tent is sick. I am

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surprised not everyone is dropping down dead. They describe multiple

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cases of typhoid fever. It is contagious. They have been visited

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and spoken to many international in. GOs and nothing.

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I dare any of them to come and spend one day in this camp to live. Just

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one day and see how they would like that.

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The bureaucracy of the international NGOs is incredible.

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I would be having some words. The threat of death hangs over Syria

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even for those whose lives have just begun. All the more remarkable to

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even for those whose lives have just see what is happening just two miles

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up the road. The door of a dusty port a cabin opens on to a rare

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moment of ultraviolet brilliance. Hello little one.

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A hi-tech incubation unit funded by the charity. Those little fingers

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are so small. Ah, you are waking up. Oh, a big yawn and a big stretch.

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The stress and deprivation of war led to a huge rise in premature

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births. Before the hospital, we just had no way of dealing with them and

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a lot of them did die. I didn't think you want to eat that, darling.

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Little one. I don't think you should eat my glove. I think you should

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eat, you are hungry. You are hungry. Is that why you are so grumpy? She

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was born yesterday. It is amazing to see this from an inception of an

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was born yesterday. It is amazing to idea to the full birth of a Special

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Care Baby Unit. It is that glimmer of hope in what looks like an

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endless sea of despair and a bit that makes you think right, it is

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all worth it, you know, keep going. The doctors return to the hospital

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where their journey into Syria started. No one could have imagined

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how this day would end. Or the terrible events that would

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unfold. Don't hold the face so hard. Or the terrible events that would

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He is burned. A seven-month-old baby boy has been

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brought in with severe burns. No one is sure what happened. OK. This baby

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needs to be picked up. Are you the dad?

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Are you the father? You sit down and dad?

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you hold the baby. This is crazy. Half the kit we are

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not getting or we don't have access to. Everything is adult size.

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Here we have someone else. OK. Some kind of airstrike seems to have

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taken place. Most of the casualties are

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teenagers. They are saying a bomb has landed in their school

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playground. There is dozens of people who have just been rushed in.

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A couple who have been burned and white powder dust. Their clothes are

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hanging off them. It is only five days since the chemical attack in

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hanging off them. It is only five Damascus and everyone is terrified

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hanging off them. It is only five that there has just been another

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one. It is just chaos and carnage here.

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We have had a massive influx of what look like serious burns it seems

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We have had a massive influx of what like it must be some chemical

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weapon. I am not really sure. We don't know what we're dealing with.

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The doctor orders all casualties and anyone who touched the victims to be

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doused in water. The casualties just keep on coming

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in. The truth is they can't barely begin to cope inside here. There are

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a few beds which is why people are laid out on the floorment one thing

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that the camera will not tell you is the smell that's in the air. It is a

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sickening smell of burning flesh. It is a horrific scene. The staff are

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sickening smell of burning flesh. It handing these out. The fear is they

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don't know what happened and they fear it maybe a chemical attack.

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There were no shrapnel injuries or loss of blood, typical of most

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aerial bombs. It caused burns, consistent with an insendry device

:33:41.:33:50.

rather than a chemical weapon. This 13-year-old is in shock. He is

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one of the youngest victims to come in.

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The emergency ward is full. So he is told to wait in the corridor.

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Within minutes, the hospital is overwhelmed.

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It looks like he was 13 or 14. Just a kid. Where their emergency

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experience, the doctors take charge dealing with the most serious cases.

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Let me do that. Get an ID line in as soon as you can.

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Oh my goodness. The chest wall is rising. That's fine. OK. OK. OK.

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Has he had any painkillers? Morphine. OK. That's better than

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nothing. How are we doing for painkillers?

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I think there is more coming. I think there is more coming. As you

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can see, it is just chaos. He is already tubed. It is fine. It

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is supporting his airwaves. We can do first aid. We can provide any

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resuscitation required, but no specific treatment.

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I'm so bad, so bad! I know, but you are in the right place, OK?

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This 18-year-old had been sat in a maths class when the blast ripped

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through the window. I am improvising in ways I have

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never been forced to do because of lack of equipment. As you can see,

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there's nothing coming up on this foot for me to put this in.

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This is heartbreaking! Most of the people have got 70-90%

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burns, they will start to lose a lot of fluid. Some will start to have

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difficulty breathing. They will need Intensive Care therapy, which we

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cannot provide. They will have to go to Turkey and be referred on from

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there. They all need transfer. They are all

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50 and above. 54. He is 86. OK. So fine. First two ambulances

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are going. I thought it was just never going to

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end. We lost a gentleman on transfer to Bab-al-Hawa. I have never seen a

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burn that bad. I think his face is going to

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actually stay with me for quoit a long time -- quite a long time.

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Today, it was like something out of Armageddon. Out of all the war

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zonesvy been to, today -- zones I have been to, today has been the

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worst. The fact they were children, teenagers, the same ages as my

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nieces and nephews. I feel so angry right now.

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I feel so, so angry. The whole world has been watching us

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for two-and-a-half years. We feel like some sort of, not even a

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second-class citizen, like we just don't matter. Like all of these

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children and all of these people who don't matter. Like all of these

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are being killed and massacred - we don't matter. The whole world has

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failed our nation and it is innocent civilians who are paying the price.

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It is an absolute disgrace on the UN and all of humanity.

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Two days later, we reached the school.

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People say they saw a plane circling above.

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The headmaster is still too afraid to show his face.

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The smell at the scene and the debris suggests it was an incendiary

:41:27.:41:33.

bomb. Not a chemical weapon, but a

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conventional one. More than 100 countries have banned their use

:41:37.:41:40.

against civilians. But not Syria. to pick up his little is sister from

:41:40.:42:51.

school and this 14-year-old, who was in the playground when the bomb

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landed. Three of the ten children in the playground when the bomb

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who died. This 13-year-old was described as a

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hard-working student with a smiley face. He did survive. We found him a

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few weeks after the attack in hospital in Turkey, with 40%

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few weeks after the attack in to his body.

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18-year-old Siham was in her final year of school, one of the smartest

:43:20.:43:28.

in her class. She is also in Turkey for treatment,

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with 70% burns. The controversy over chemical

:43:31.:44:28.

weapons has died down. But the suffering doesn't stop. And the

:44:28.:44:35.

killing doesn't end. Rola and Saleyha have left Syria and

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are back at work in British hospitals. It is only the efforts of

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the few that brings any relief to a nation beset by despair.

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And to the millions of children here, who are alone and forgotten.

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