Conflict to classroom

Iraq has completed the construction of 500 new schools nationwide, with an additional 500 set to be finished by the end of the year. The effort is part of a multiphase initiative to improve the country's educational infrastructure, as reported by the Iraqi News, a local online newspaper.

Kareem Al-Sayed, spokesperson for Iraq's Ministry of Education, said that the schools are being constructed under Iraqi-Chinese initiatives. Many provinces are in the advanced stages of school construction, according to the ministry.