MAAR SHAMARIN, Syria: In the southern Idlib countryside, once a frontline in Syrian civil war, residents are trickling back to their villages after years in exile.Repairing and reopening damaged and looted schools is key to the return of the displaced, but nearly a year after former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a rebel offensive, hundreds of schools are still destroyed.Millions of children in Syria remain out of school, while others are attending class in gutted buildings without basic supplies.A schoolhouse with no windows or chairsSafiya Al-Jurok and her family fled the town of Maar

MAAR SHAMARIN, Syria: In the southern Idlib countryside, once a frontline in Syrian civil war, residents are trickling back to their villages after years in exile.Repairing and…

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...