Aleppo, Syria (CNN) -- In a small village outside of Aleppo
where we are hunkered down for the night, our host apologizes profusely. He
doesn't have enough blankets for us and it's bitterly cold.
He and his family were forced to
flee their home in the city to their unfurnished, humble residence in the
countryside with nothing but the clothes they could carry. He spent 25,000
Syrian pounds -- around $300 -- to pay a truck driver just to bring out the
bedroom furniture and a TV from their Aleppo home...