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From CNN's l. US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Sunday urged the UN Security Council to approve two additional access points to deliver aid to parts of Syria hit by the deadly quake.

"People in the affected areas are counting on us. They are appealing to our common humanity to help in their moment of need," Thomas-Greenfield said "We cannot let them down — we must immediately resolution to heed the UN’s call for authorization of additional border crossings for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. We have the power to act. It's time to move with urgency and purpose.

"The delivery of urgent supplies to quake-hit areas of northern Syria has be complicated by long-running civil war between opposition forces and the Syrian army, led by President Bashar al-Assad, who is accused of killing his own people.

Russia, which backs Assad's regime, has previously blocked approval for another aid route to Syria at the UN.

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator on Sunday stressed the need to "open more access points" to get aid out quicker. Meanwhile, the head of the White Helmets volunteer group urged the UN to act outside the Security Council to open three crossings for emergency aid.

Apart from a few Spanish doctors, no international aid teams have reached this part of Syria. In enclave of resistance from Assad's rule. Under Turkish protection, it is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist group that was once affiliated to al-Qaeda. The group has cut links, almost all govts have no relations with them. For our entire time in Syria, armed men, who didn't want to be filmed, accompanied us and stood at a distance.

More than a decade into Syria's stalled civil war, the 1.7m people who live in this area continue to oppose President Assad's rule. They live in makeshift camps and newly built shelters. Most have been displaced more than once, so life here was already very hard before the earthquake.

The international help that reaches this part of Syria is tiny. Many of the earthquake victims were taken to the Bab al-Hawa hospital, which is supported by the Syrian American Medical Society. When I ask him about international aid, he shakes his head, "cannot talk more about this topic. We don't have enough medical staff. he says.

A tiny baby lies in an incubator. Mohammad Ghayyath Rajab's skull is bruised and bandaged, and his small chest rises and falls thanks to a respirator. Doctors can't be sure, but think he's around 3-mths old. Both of his parents were killed by bearthquake, and a neighbour found him crying alone in the dark in the rubble of his home.

The Syrian people have been forsaken many times, and tell me they have grown used to being disregarded. The is still alot anger that more help is not forthcoming.

In the town of Harem, Fadel Ghadab lost his aunt and cousin. "How is it possible that the UN has sent a mere 14 trucks worth of aid?" he asks. "We've received nothing here."

More aid has made it into Syria, but not much and it is too little, too late.