The Turkish border is closed to Syrians except for hospital referrals for some critical emergency medical cases, and the frontlines of the Syrian government offensive are moving steadily and violently north towards the two main motorways that run east-west and north-south through Idlib, so the communities of displaced people are squeezed into an ever-shrinking area as the previous offensive conducted between April and August by the Syrian army and its allies had resulted in massive displacements. There are many organisations working to assist in northern Idlib, but the needs are pushing the available assistance capacity to its limits.