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With winter approaching, almost a million Syrians are living under siege conditions, including an estimated 500,000 children.

As a charity that runs medical clinics across the Middle East, including in Syria, we are urging Prime Minister Theresa May to agree to air bridges that would allow desperately needed aid to get into Aleppo, as demanded by over 200 MPs this week.

The situation for civilians in eastern Aleppo, described this week in the UN Security Council as a “circle of hell”, a “kill zone”, a “giant graveyard”, could not be more urgent.

Establishing an air bridge, rather than dropping aid from planes, means delivering aid via helicopter to airports, highway landing strips, or unimproved airfields. It’s not ideal but in these exceptional, critical times it’s a better way of trying to get aid where it’s needed most.

Over 11.5 million people need healthcare in Syria but over half of the country’s public hospitals and almost half of its healthcare centres are closed or partially functioning.

We also urge the Prime Minister to work with European and other G7 leaders to set out an urgent plan for protecting Syria’s civilians.

Please stand up for those stuck in Aleppo. Sign our petition calling on our Prime Minister Theresa May to use her power and intervene.