Idlib Province, Syria - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
1. Aerial shots of refugee camp
2. Various of displaced children, people in tent area
3. Various of displaced family doing chores in tent, children taking bath
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Abu Amer, displaced resident:
"I cannot describe the situation in the camp. It's like a dramatic television series."
5. Bassam pour water on ground, his son mopping floor
6. Various of Bassam bathing his children
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Abu Amer, displaced resident (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"This tent has only one room. We cook here, eat here, do everything here. The tent cannot block the scorching heat. If it's 40 degrees outside, it can reach 50 or even 55 degrees inside. Sometimes we find our children sweating excessively."
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8. Various of Bassam bathing his children
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9. Various of Bassam bathing his children
10. Various of Bassam's son Abdul Karim cooling off with water
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Abu Amer, displaced resident:
"There's no water here. We have to buy water, and we are always worried about running out [of water]."
12. Bassam, his families in tent
13. Various of Abdul riding bike, assembling, fixing fan
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Karim, displaced child (partially overlaid with shot 15):
"It's too hot outside. I can't stand it anymore. I made a fan. I bought wires, a motor and blades, and assembled them together. The only way is to pour water on myself. Right now, my biggest dream is to have an air conditioner or a refrigerator, but that's simply impossible. Even ice has to be bought."
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15. Various of Abdul setting up wires
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16. Various of Abdul looking out from tent, riding bike, other children
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Karim, displaced child:
"My dream is to have a house that can protect us from the scorching sun. I work hard at a restaurant just to buy water and ice."
18. Aerial shots of refugee camp

Displaced residents in north Syria’s Idlib Province are enduring life-threatening summer heat as temperatures inside their tents surge past 50 degrees Celsius, with little access to water, electricity or relief.

In the camp in northern Idlib, Bassam Abu Amer, displaced from a village east of Hama, lives with his family in a tent.

"I cannot describe the situation in the camp. It's like a dramatic television series," said Bassam.

The family's entire life unfolds inside a single tent, where temperatures can exceed 50 degrees on a 40-degree day, leaving the children drenched in sweat.

"This tent has only one room. We cook here, eat here, do everything here. The tent cannot block the scorching heat. If it's 40 degrees outside, it can reach 50 or even 55 degrees inside. Sometimes we find our children sweating excessively," said Bassam.

The camp lacks a reliable water supply, forcing residents to buy water by the bucket to cool their children by pouring it over them or placing them in makeshift containers. Every bucket compounds the family's financial burden.

"There's no water here. We have to buy water, and we are always worried about running out [of water]," said Bassam.

To make ends meet, Bassam has sold nearly all his possessions. His son now scrapes together about two dollars a day through odd jobs to buy bread, drinking water and ice. The son, Abdul Karim, has rigged up a fan using wires, a small motor and plastic blades, yet the camp's solar panels can barely keep it running in the relentless heat.

"It's too hot outside. I can't stand it anymore. I made a fan. I bought wires, a motor and blades, and assembled them together. The only way is to pour water on myself. Right now, my biggest dream is to have an air conditioner or a refrigerator, but that's simply impossible. Even ice has to be bought," said Abdul.

By day, the family stays inside the suffocating tent, moving outside after sunset to sleep, only to face swarms of mosquitoes through the night, as heat, thirst and disease define each day.

"My dream is to have a house that can protect us from the scorching sun. I work hard at a restaurant just to buy water and ice," said Abdul.

For those displaced by war, a home that shelters them from the sun and allows their children to sleep in peace remains the simplest yet most elusive dream.