Atarib, Syria. 7 April 2021. Children attend a school in the village of Sahara, near the town of Atarib in the western Aleppo countryside. During the classes children sit on the floor as the building lacks in desks and chairs and other school facilities. The students attending the lessons are from the village of Basratun, which was recaptured by the Syrian army in April 2020 during a major military campaign by the Syrian government forces to retake territories in western Aleppo and in the Idlib governorate from the rebels. According to Unicef, at the beginning of this academic year over 1.7 million children in war-torn Syria did not have access to schooling, while 1.3 million children were at risk of dropping out - ZUMAd99_ 20210407_zap_d99_012

April 7, 2021: Atarib, Syria. 7 April 2021. Children attend a school in the village of Sahara, near the town of Atarib in the western Aleppo countryside. During the classes children sit on the floor as the building lacks in desks and chairs and other school facilities. The students attending the lessons are from the village of Basratun, which was recaptured by the Syrian army in April 2020 during a major military campaign by the Syrian government forces to retake territories in western Aleppo and in the Idlib governorate from the rebels. According to Unicef, at the beginning of this academic year over 1.7 million children in war-torn Syria did not have access to schooling, while 1.3 million children were at risk of dropping out - ZUMAd99_ 20210407_zap_d99_012