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once called it thela world'est al-qaeda safe haven. but the u.n. also describes it as the world's largest refugee camp, home to millions of civilians. d st this month nearly 200,000 have feir homes. they know they have to leave. but they have nowhere to go. >> as a human, as a man living here with my family, of course we are living in difficult and harsh circumstances, w way out. >> schifrin: husam alhussein isr an english tean al ghadfa, idlib. he works here, a women's center. r,through eight years of t has stayed open. but they say what they're facing today is morbedire than it's in years. >> the bombardments compared with the last times, now in the last few weeks it was very, very heavy. including with air strikes and bombardments and rockets. >> schifrin: at an affiliated orphanage lled the wisdom house, young syrians say the only person who can save them is president trump. >> ( translated ): we are pleading with mr. trump please stop the criminals from bombing our villagesnd to protect the syrian people, the defenseless civilians. >> ( transl