Aleppo school picks up the pieces after SDF fight with Syria’s army

Civilians cautiously return to Aleppo neighborhoods after the Syrian army secures areas hit by the conflict with SDF.

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Aleppo, Syria – Spent bullet shell casings litter the classrooms and corridors of Qassem Amin school in Aleppo’s Ashrafieh neighbourhood. Desks barricade the stairwells; glass from shattered windows crunches underfoot.

The school’s playground turned into a battleground last week, as it sat on the front line of fierce fighting between fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government forces.

Aleppo school picks up the pieces after SDF fight with Syria’s army

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