20 schools destroyed in Turkey shellings on Syria’s Raqqa

Saleh Messi, the co-chair of the Education Committee in the town of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, northern Syria, said on Sunday that the Turkish shelling of villages on the lines of contact between the armed opposition factions and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deprived hundreds of students of education.

The Education Committee in the town of Ain Issa and the city of Tel Abyad supervised 420 schools, but after the occupation of Tel Abyad by Turkey and the Turkish-backed factions in October 2019, only 100 schools remained under the supervision of the committee, according to Messi.
Ain Issa and the surrounding villages are bombarded by the Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions from time to time.
Messi told North Press that more than 3,000 students were deprived of their right of education in the countryside of Tel Abyad and the town of Ain Issa, as a result of the destruction of schools located on the front lines, due to repeated bombing by Turkish-backed factions.
Since the beginning of this year, four schools in the villages of al-Zaydi, Teroziyah Wusta, Teroziyah Shimali and Sufyan in the countryside of Ain Issa have been subjected to Turkish bombardment, which led to be out of service, Messi added.
All schools are witnessing a state of chaos as big number of students dropped out of schools due to the fear of their families in anticipation of a possible Turkish bombing, according to the head of the Education Committee.
Before the Turkish invasion of Tel Abyad and its countryside, the number of schools was 420, distributed over all stages, while at present the number of schools affiliated with the Education Committee in Ain Issa reaches 100.
Three children were wounded yesterday in the bombing of the Turkish forces and Turkish-backed opposition factions on the village of al-Heisha in the western countryside of the town of Ain Issa.
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