Hassakeh, Syria 28 March 2019 – The lights of trucks approaching Al-Hol camp can be seen from far away on the horizon of Syria’s north-eastern desert. The trucks arrive packed with women and children fleeing the fighting in Baghouz, almost 300km away, covered in dust and huddled together for warmth.
Keeping an eye for the truck lights is Salih Al-Shiba, one of UNICEF’s health and nutrition facilitators deployed to Al-Hol camp to ensure children are provided with assistance immediately upon arrival regardless what time of day or night they arrive.