AANES holds first purebred Arabian horses festival in Syria’s Qamishli
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) held on Friday the First Purebred Arabian Horses Festival in the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria.
The festival was held in the village of Tel Ma’rouf in the south of Qamishli. Breeding horses in Syria’s Jazira (northeast) is an authentic culture, but it needs support.
Muhammad Da’bo, a horse breeder, told North Press that the authentic horse in Syria’s Jazira can run for long distances, “Such activities promote and develop the horses’ abilities,” he said.
Muhammad al-Barak, an official of the AANES in Qamishli, said horse sport suffered from the calamities of war, “and the activity will continue, especially after the establishment of Purebred Horses Association in the area.”
He added that the AANES has brought back horses stolen by terrorist groups during the years of war.
The festival witnessed a huge turnout, and 80 horses participated in.
There are more than 11,000 horses in Syria, 3,000 in Northeast, and 1,000 of which are recorded at the WAHO, according to an old toll by Livestock Directorate of the Syrian government.