• Boys take part in an open-air training session with martial arts coach Hassan Mansour in the Barada Valley, Syria. All photos: Reuters
    Boys take part in an open-air training session with martial arts coach Hassan Mansour in the Barada Valley, Syria. All photos: Reuters
  • Boys take part in martial arts training in Syria.
    Boys take part in martial arts training in Syria.
  • Coach Hassan Mansour puts his students through their paces during a training session in Barada Valley, a Damascus suburb.
    Coach Hassan Mansour puts his students through their paces during a training session in Barada Valley, a Damascus suburb.
  • Young Syrian martial artists stretch during a training session.
    Young Syrian martial artists stretch during a training session.
  • Boys take part in an open-air training session with Syrian martial arts coach Hassan Mansour.
    Boys take part in an open-air training session with Syrian martial arts coach Hassan Mansour.
  • Coach Hassan Mansour trains a young martial artist in Syria.
    Coach Hassan Mansour trains a young martial artist in Syria.

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Syria

Martial arts training in Damascus - in pictures

Coach Hassan Mansour teaches his young students focus, self-discipline and more

The National

March 01, 2022

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Updated: March 01, 2022, 8:46 AM
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