Violence in Syria, which is now in its fourteenth month, has forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes.

But, many people have chosen to stay put in their hometowns, now ravaged by the fighting.

Al
Jazeera's James Bays has this exclusive report from al-Qusayr, along
the border between Lebanon and Syria, where women and children are most
acutely affected by the serious shortages of food, water and
electricity.