The Syrian city of Aleppo has been fiercely fought over for years.
Government forces control western neighbourhoods and rebel groups the east.
But a boxing club in a makeshift gym is helping to distract some young boys from the hardships of war and giving them something positive to aspire to.
Al Jazeera’s Mereana Hond reports.
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