Children return to schools in Mosul

Thousands of Iraqi children are heading back to school in eastern areas of Mosul that have been cleared of Islamic State militants by government forces. The UN Children’s Fund said 30 schools had reopened on Sunday, allowing 16,000 children to resume their education after two years of jihadist rule. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has […]

Thousands of Iraqi children are heading back to school in eastern areas of Mosul that have been cleared of Islamic State militants by government forces.
The UN Children’s Fund said 30 schools had reopened on Sunday, allowing 16,000 children to resume their education after two years of jihadist rule.
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has announced that the east of the city is now fully clear of IS.
An additional 40 schools are expected to open in the coming weeks after being checked for unexploded ordnance.
IS uses schools to indoctrinate children into its extremist ideology.