Pigeon fancier Abdulhamid Hana's birds land on the roof of his home in Raqqa, eastern Syria. Handed down through the generations, the practice of domesticating pigeons crosses the Middle East, North Africa and beyond, with people not only training birds for racing and homing competitions, but also serving them up as a delicacy. AFP

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Pigeons fly above the ruins in Syria - in pictures

Abdulhamid Hana, a 50-year-old Syrian pigeon keeper, keeps the birds on the roof of his home in the eastern city of Raqqa

The National

March 19, 2021

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