Syria’s Raqqa Struggles to Revive Schools

Syria’s Raqqa Struggles to Revive Schools
Houses destroyed by fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces and ISIS terrorists are pictured in Raqqa's old city in Syria Oct. 5, 2017. Reuters/Erik De Castro
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RAQQA, Syria—In the Syrian city of Raqqa, children wear hats, scarves, and coats to guard against the winter cold as they struggle to catch up on years of lost learning in a classroom with no doors or glazed windows.

More than a year since conflict at Raqqa has ended, many of the city’s schools still look like battlefields with buildings left lying in rubble and playgrounds dotted with wrecked cars.