Aleppo has become one of Syria's main battlegrounds, where fierce fighting between rebels and government troops has crippled the city.<br/> <br />Many local children now spend their days in the streets, as the education system has shut down.<br/> <br />This newly built kindergarten held lessons for just one week before it was forced to close.<br/> <br />Once full with students, classrooms are littered with debris.<br/> <br />Despite the devastation, not all have given up hope.<br/> <br />Many of the city's mosques have now taken the place of schools.<br/> <br />Pupils here are learning rudimentary education such as basic maths and language skills.<br/> <br />The lessons offer a glimmer of hope, but the education shutdown is just one of the struggles facing Syria's children.<br/> <br />Activists say more than 40,000 people have now died in the conflict, which has no end in sight.
