Al-Monitor
When Ali al-Akbar returned to school in Lebanon this year after the summer holidays, it wasn’t to study his favourite subject maths but to seek refuge from Israeli air strikes.”I miss my friends and teachers,” the 14-year-old wearing glasses told AFP inside a classroom-turned-shelter in Beirut’s southern suburbs.Lebanon has postponed the start of the school year after Israel increased its air strikes against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah since September 23…
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When Ali al-Akbar returned to school in Lebanon this year after the summer holidays, it wasn’t to study his favourite subject maths but to seek refuge from Israeli air strikes.”I miss my friends and teachers,” the 14-year-old wearing glasses told AFP inside a classroom-turned-shelter in Beirut’s southern suburbs.Lebanon has postponed the start of the school
