 Damascus before the conflict. Modern, vibrant, beautiful. It was the 15th of March 2011. News began filtering through of violence in a town called Dara. It was the beginning of Syria's descent into war. The fighting, the bombing. As ever, it is the ordinary people who suffers. The elderly, the young, the vulnerable. We did our best and we have done a lot. Crossing front lines with our colleagues from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Take Madaya, the sight on the faces of those children with something I will never forget, like in so many other places. Across the country, I have seen homes, hospitals, schools, electricity and water facilities damaged or destroyed. So many places on the siege. And then the displacement of so many people, millions of people. The people do their best. They show incredible endurance and fortitude against the odds. But I ask myself, for how long will they have to endure? Delivering aid saves lives, but it will not solve the problem. Syria is a political problem and must be solved politically.