Already a flood of money from states and private individuals--including billionaires Eli Broad and Ray Dolby--is increasingly allowing the work to move forward despite severe limits on U.S. government funding.

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"It is increasingly difficult for people to live in that area because of the low temperatures - winter is very severe, " Yacoub el-Hillo, the UNHCR director for Middle East and North Africa, told the BBC.

BBC: UN aid reaches Syria rebel-held northern area of Azaz