As the campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq continues...
Fears are growing for refugees from that region who have fled to Iraqi Kurdistan.
Tens of thousands could be at risk as winter closes in and temperatures drop.
Olly Barratt has this report from a refugee camp outside the city of Erbil, which houses mainly Syrian-Kurdish refugees who have left their homes in Syria for the relative safety of the Kurdistan region.
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This woman sings traditional Syrian songs in her tent - as a way of preserving cultural links with the home she's had to leave behind.
I speak to one family who've just arrived here, fleeing the fighting around the Syrian town of Kobane.
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Boza Mohamed says the situation is 'very, very bad' 'ISIS forces came to our village', he says 'they took all of our properties, belongings and all of the wheat we harvested last summer."
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Life does go on - children play and make friends.
There's a school here, set up by the United Nations.
AndBusinesses are up and running too - there's a small high street selling fruit and vegetables, mobile phone accessories, and there's a barber too.
But it's getting harder and harder to keep clean, dry and warm.
In the coming weeks temperatures are likely to fall well below freezing for long periods.
Aziza Ali has also fled here from Syria.
"It is very, very difficult' she tells me 'especially with the heavy rain at this time of the year.'
'it's really cold,' she says. 'we are freezing to death, we only have one blanket each in the tent, no heating, and we don't have any money to buy food, it's really difficult. "
The United Nations-run camp she now lives in is one of several in the region.
Kurdistan's small population has swollen with well over a million refugees arriving since fighting started in Syria.
And because of a row with Baghdad, Kurdistan was already struggling to provide for its own people.
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"Iraqi officials in Kurdistan, their wages hasn't been paid for over ten months now - and the economy's based on the wages, selling oil and gas and distributing the money…"
Erbil and Baghdad have now reached agreement which may ease that element of the crisis if it can be stuck to.
But The irony is not lost on refugees here that they are struggling to find fuel to keep themselves warm - in an oil-rich region.
and as temperatures drop - it will be harder and harder to keep spirits up.
OB, Erbil in northern Iraq.