About 800,000 people have left their homes in northeastern Syria, following four years of drought and lack of government infrastructure. The United Nations says most of them have moved into camps without electricity or running water near cities. The residents complain that there are no schools and children have to work to support their families.
Those who remain in the villages are selling their property for food and are dependent on the aid of the UN and the Syrian government. The World Food Program has begun to distribute food to about 200,000 people and is calling on the international community to get together to deal with the crisis.