Battle for Mosul: thousands of children in recaptured east go back to school
25.01.2017 - 10:26
Thousands of children in Iraq are heading back to school in eastern areas of Mosul, recently cleared from ISIL control. 30 schools in the northern Iraqi city are said to have opened this week allowing some 16,000 students to resume their studies. During the two and a half years under the militants, a vast majority of students dropped out. Thousands of children in Iraq are heading back to school in eastern areas of Mosul, recently cleared from ISIL control. 30 schools in the northern Iraqi city are said to have opened this week allowing some 16,000 students to resume their studies. During the two and a half years under the militants, a vast majority of students dropped out.
