In the rolling hills of southern Idlib, once a fierce front line of Syria’s civil war, life is cautiously returning. Families long scattered by conflict are trickling back, rebuilding amid ruins and memories of exile.
Restoring education has become a lifeline for the displaced.
Yet nearly a year after former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a rebel offensive, hundreds of schools remain in rubble – symbols of both loss and resilience.
Across Syria, millions of children are still out of school, and many who do attend sit in crumbling classrooms without desks, books or electricity.
For Safiya al-Jurok, the return home is bittersweet.
