updated reports. ahelpa is located in the northwestern part of syria. as i said, has been on the front line of syria's civil war, really a bloody tug of war for control between syrian government forces loyal to president bashar al assad and the rebel factions fighting for overthrow him. now i want to shift and move to the south in syria and to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the palestinian refugee camp of yarmuk. it's on the outskirts of damascus. aid workers have been desperately trying to get in relief supplies as an estimated 18,000 people remain trapped. we're talking about men, women and children that are starving and dies from disease at this point according to human rights groups. again we're getting the updated information from those folks on the ground.