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How teachers plan to overcome EU funding cuts to Idlib schools

The EU has cut some educational funding allocated for Idlib province, citing interference by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the sector.
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ALEPPO, Syria — A group of civil society activists and teachers in the Idlib countryside on Sept. 25 launched Do Not Break My Pen, a campaign to draw the attention of the international community and humanitarian organizations to the importance of ongoing support for education in Idlib. They also staged a protest in front of the building of the Directorate of Education in Idlib province Sept. 28, during which they warned of the potential repercussions on the children.

The campaign is in response to the EU decision to halt support to the Directorate of Education in armed opposition-held Idlib province, in northwestern Syria. Syria Call reported on Sept. 18 that an EU spokesperson had told the Italian Aki Agency that the decision was made in light of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, controlling wide stretches of territory in the northwest.

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