Syria village trains racing dogs despite war and pandemic
By AFP
04 November 2020 |
7:00 am
On his motorbike, Mohammed Derbas darts across a field in northeast Syria, slender greyhounds and saluki dogs galloping behind. He hopes to export them for racing in the Gulf, despite a war and a pandemic.
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