the country that is in a civil war. the bab al hawa crossing is the only un approved crossing to bring aid from turkey to syria, but it s not functioning because of earthquake damage. the government in damascus has been resistant to opening up aid into northern areas because it regards the aid as undermining a un humanitarian agency spokesman called for politics to be put to one side. it is imperative that everybody sees this as a humanitarian crisis where lives are at stake. please don t politicise any of this. let s get the aid out to the people who so desperately needed.