<p>Schools have begun to reopen in west Mosul after the area was recaptured from Islamic State militants, as seen in this July 27 video.</p><p>Students started their first classes during warm summer weather in an effort to make up for three years without education due to the conflict, BBC Arabic reported</a>.</p><p>This video was shared by the the Iraqi Federal Police and was described as showing security measures implemented to protect the school.</p><p>A woman in the video thanks the Federal Police for helping opening the school.</p><p>A boy says that IS destroyed them and that they were out of school for three years. Credit: Facebook/Iraqi Federal Police via Storyful</p><br />
