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ÌýstrugglingÌýamid ongoing Ìýsay theÌýhumanitarian response in the country is "weak", as the United Nations' refugee agencyÌýcalls for urgent assistance.

Many displaced Syrian families in the north of the country have been living in for years in tents - their only means of shelter -Ìýthat have been hit hard byÌý, heavy rain, and snow.

The families toldÌý°®Âþµº's Arabic language service that they had only received "limited" assistance.

The UNHCR appealed to the international community "to not forget or neglect the growing needs of displaced Syrians inside and outside the country" on Tuesday, as the oppositionÌýnorthÌý of the Syrian revolution.

"Syria remains the world’s largest displacement crisis... [the] UNHCR calls on international donors...Ìýto address the urgent humanitarian needs inside Syria, including for internally displaced people,Ìýtheir host communities and returnees," the agency said.

The UNHCR said it had received only seven percent of the $465.2 million it needs for its work in Syria in 2022.

This is hitting families hard after they suffered for yearsÌýliving in camps for the displaced.

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"I repaired myÌýtent that was ruined due to the recent snowstorm...Ìýit had major tears due to the strong winds and snow that accumulated on top of it...Ìýthe response of humanitarian organisations has become rare,"ÌýAbdul Majeed Al-Ezzo, a displaced person living in the northernÌýAtma refugee camp told °®Âþµº'sÌýArabic-language service

Al-Ezzo called on the international community to focus on returning displaced people to fixed accommodation, saying that even new tents are not habitable.

"All the displaced have the same desire to return to their homes," he said.

There are roughly 1,489 camps in northern Syria inhabited by approximately 1.5 million internally displaced personsÌý(IDP's) living inÌý.

Millions have beenÌýexpelled from their homes throughoutÌýthe ongoingÌýSyrian civil war, mostly due to regime bombing and shelling.

The war, which began when President Bashar al-Assad's regimeÌý, resulted inÌýoverÌý500,000 deaths andÌýled to over 6 million Syrian civilians becoming internally displaced, with another 5 million fleeing abroad.