AS HORRIFYING images emerge of children orphaned by the latest fighting in Aleppo, here are some ways you can help people in Syria.
Every month, the British Red Cross provides shelter, food, water, blankets, soap, medical supplies and other essential to help people caught up in Syria’s conflict.
The charity works with staff and volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, an independent humanitarian organization whose reputation for neutrality means it can send help where other aid agencies cannot.
To donate, click here.
Unicef is working in Syria and surrounding countries to help children suffering from disease and malnutrition by providing life-saving supplies such as clean water, medicine and psychological support.
Thanks to donations, Unicef handed out 1.3million sets of winter clothes for Syrian children in 2015.
To give a donation, click here.
International Medical Corps UK
Operating mobile medical services and supporting health care facilities in and around Damascus, International Medical Corps provides a range of critical health services, including maternal and child health.
It also works to provide mental health support for children suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses and health workers.
To make a one-off donation, click here.
Based in Edinburgh, Mercy Corps Europe has delivered humanitarian aid to children and families in Syria’s most hard-to-reach areas for years.
Its team in northern Syria is standing by to meet newly displaced people with food, blankets and other essential assistance.
The charity says it is reaching about 470,000 vulnerable Syrian people each month with relief.
Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)
On its website, MSF said: "In east Aleppo, since the siege began in July 2016, functioning hospitals have been damaged in over 35 separate attacks.
"Some hospitals have been hit multiple times and have been forced to close as a result."
MSF's presence in the country is severely constrained, due to not being granted authorisation to work by the Syrian government.
But it continues to directly operate six health facilities in the north of Syria, and supports more than 150 health facilities countrywide, in areas where doctors cannot be directly present.
MSF teams also work in countries neighbouring Syria, providing assistance to refugees and host communities.
To donate, click here.
It is thought 500,000 people have been killed since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.
According to the British Red Cross, fighting has forced more than 10 million people from their homes
Almost half of the country’s entire population has been displaced, with millions fleeing the country.
The United Nations (UN) reported 6,000 people had left Syria's second largest city since Thursday, though around 50,000 civilians remain trapped and in need of assistance.
My name is Bana, I'm 7 years old. I am talking to the world now live from East #Aleppo. This is my last moment to either live or die. - Bana
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) December 13, 2016
Seven-year-old Bana Alabed has provided the world with a view of the conflict through a child's eyes, via her Twitter account.
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