Last summer, Motherboard met Mohammed and Nadia, a couple from Tripoli who had left their distressed home for six months to live in Jordan, where they hoped to conceive through in vitro fertilization with the help of one of the region's best doctors, and full government backing, as promised. Though they hadn't been hurt in the war, they considered it the government's duty to pay for their treatment. "We came here with their support, with their understanding that they would pay our bills," said Nadia.