The UN estimates about 3 million people were displaced from elsewhere in Syria. Many had been displaced several times over. Men say they need international support now if they're too cope with the dire conditions they live in. For years, people have been living intense among all of Groves and on hard terrain exposed to the elements.
Turkey is digging itself out from the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands across the country. Recovery efforts have been more difficult in northwest Syria, where civil war means there’s no unified response to the crisis.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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