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ISIS fighters killed at least seven regime loyalists in eastern Syria on Saturday, the latest in a series of deadly attacks, a Britain-based war monitor reported.
“Seven members of the National Defence Forces, a pro-regime militia, were killed in clashes with an ISIS sleeper cell” in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
ISIS gunmen wounded several other militia fighters, meaning the death toll may climb, it said.
The attack came as the militia fighters were sweeping the town of Al Shola for ISIS remnants, the monitor said.
The region, near the border with Iraq, was formerly a stronghold of the extremist group.
“So this semester, I decided to come back to school since I had the option, but as you can see, I came to an empty classroom.
“I was scared at first to come back to school but seeing all these measures in place, I felt it would be fine.
“I would like to see more classmates back to school.”
Classrooms remained largely empty at Shatha s school and across the emirate s 116 private schools.
Of the 168,766 pupils taught on the first day of term on Sunday, only 19,198 (12.8 per cent) were present in classrooms.
While attending to Shatha’s education, her teacher was also giving remote lessons to pupils who opted for online learning.