Martial arts training in Damascus - in pictures

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

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.

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.

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.

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