In Syria's Yarmouk, a pigeon keeper and his dog held out through years of war


  • World
  • Sunday, 14 Oct 2018

Abu Nimr, 36, is pictured with his dog in Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

YARMOUK, Syria (Reuters) - The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria's war: from rebels, to Islamic State militants, and back to government forces. But Abu Nimr did not budge.

He has remained in his family home with his dog through bombs, siege, and fierce battles for more than seven years, raising pigeons on his roof even as people fled in droves.

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