Syria: 'There will be no classes until the president is brought down'
source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/syria-there-will-be-no-classes-until-the-...
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Yesterday marked the official start date of Syria's school year, yet students are boycotting classes. They have joined demonstrations against Bashar al-Assad's regime near Damascus (the capital) , and refuse to attend institutions that deliver the Baath ideology of the dictatorship.
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Today, five deaths were reported in the Homs region, as textbooks were burned during protests.
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Today, five deaths were reported in the Homs region, as textbooks were burned during protests.
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'We want to tell the regime that its educational system is rejected because it is exploited by al-Assad to consolidate his government’s influence and brainwash our children.'
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