by Hummam Sheikh Ali SALMA, Syria, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Every weekday morning in the mountainous countryside of northern Latakia, a coastal province of Syria, third-grader Taher Arab Taha, who recently returned to the small town of Salma from al-Baraa camp in Idlib, clings to his grandfather s side along with his siblings on a small motorcycle to reach school. Balancing three young grandchildren, the grandfather navigates winding dirt paths toward the makeshift school nestled among ruins where homes and classroom buildings once stood. Some students still walk long distances on foot, their heavy bags swaying with every step. Pitched between olive groves and the skeletons of destroyed...
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