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HTS backtracks after controversy over curriculum overhaul

Twelve pages of “adjustments” were meant to introduce a new religious tone into the educational system. But criticism has forced the authorities to reconsider.

HTS backtracks after controversy over curriculum overhaul

Children in a school in the Doueilaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 15, 2024. (Credit: Louai Beshara/AFP)

In post-Assad Syria, every announcement from the new interim government, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is scrutinized for its implications for the country’s future. The latest concerns a reform of the school curriculum, detailed on the...
In post-Assad Syria, every announcement from the new interim government, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is scrutinized for its implications for the country’s future. The latest concerns a reform of the school curriculum, detailed on the...