After nine brutal years of civil war, the conflict in Syria is entering a devastating final phase. Millions of civilians are under siege as the Syrian government, backed by Russia, tries to bring the last rebel-held province to heel. At the same time, nearly a million refugees, a third of them children, are freezing in crude camps.

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