On December 4, The Afrin Region Education and Training Board announced the suspension of education for a week, after which it was extended for another week. As a result, 15 thousand students at 72 schools and faculties have been deprived of education.

Currently, the Afrin Region Education and Training Board has no alternative so as to continue educational activities. Fadil Çawîş, Co-Chair of the Afrin Region Education and Training Board, told ANHA that they could not continue education online due to the power and internet cuts in the region.

Çawîş said that the discussions on new methods of educational activities continued, but did not share the details.

Cawîş warned that if the embargo continued, a generation of students would get no education. He called on the organizations promoting children's rights to put pressure on the Syrian regime to lift the embargo on Shehba Canton.

The 4th Brigade of the Syrian army has intensified the embargo since the beginning of August. The 4th Brigade does not allow the supply of fuel, food and medicine to the region. As a result of the embargo, municipal services were stopped, and schools suspended education. Also, the Avrin Hospital continues to offer service under very limited conditions. In the meantime, bread shortages may also arise due to the lack of flour, yeast and diesel to run the bakeries.