After 10 years of war, Syrians are on the verge of starvation, according to the World Food Program. Millions of hard-pressed Syrians go to bed hungry and cold every night.

”Please stop asking us about the pandemic,” Amar, a teacher, told me on a WhatsApp line. ”We cannot afford to worry about the coronavirus. We are struggling to get food on the table. If this table isn’t sold, we don’t eat. We are now selling our furniture to buy bread. At night, we hug our children tight to protect them from the cold. We have neither electricity nor gas to warm our houses.”