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Syria, Turkey more than just neighbors

A civil society platform in Erzurum in eastern Turkey has funded the renovation of a damaged school building in the Syrian city of al-Bab.
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ALEPPO, Syria — A damaged public school in the eastern neighborhood of al-Bab city in the Euphrates Shield area in Aleppo countryside has resumed classes following extensive renovation efforts financed by a local Turkish nongovernmental organization (NGO).

Al-Bab local council reopened the public school Sept. 30 in an inauguration ceremony attended by a number of Syrian and Turkish dignitaries and officials. Jamal Osman, the director of al-Bab's local council, and Fawzi al-Sayeh, the council's director of the education bureau, attended the opening.

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