Snow in the Middle East

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  • Heavy snowfall on the heights of Jebel Al Lawz in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. SPA
    Heavy snowfall on the heights of Jebel Al Lawz in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. SPA
  • The cold weather made for a perfect opportunity to build a snowman on Jebel Jais. The mercury hit -0.1 °C in January 2020, leaving the UAE's highest peak under a blanket of snow. Courtesy: Ahmed Al Bedwawi
    The cold weather made for a perfect opportunity to build a snowman on Jebel Jais. The mercury hit -0.1 °C in January 2020, leaving the UAE's highest peak under a blanket of snow. Courtesy: Ahmed Al Bedwawi
  • Snow falls in Ras Al Khaimah on January 25, 2009. Courtesy Mike Charlton
    Snow falls in Ras Al Khaimah on January 25, 2009. Courtesy Mike Charlton
  • Snowfall on Jebel Jais mountain in Ras al Khaimah in January and December, 2017. Courtesy: Mike Charlton
    Snowfall on Jebel Jais mountain in Ras al Khaimah in January and December, 2017. Courtesy: Mike Charlton
  • Snow blankets cars in January 2020 in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. SPA
    Snow blankets cars in January 2020 in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. SPA
  • Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, is turned into a winder wonderland by a snow blizzard, in January 2020. SPA
    Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, is turned into a winder wonderland by a snow blizzard, in January 2020. SPA
  • Saudis walk over snow after a heavy snowstorm in the desert near Tabuk, northwest of Riyadh in February 2015. Reuters
    Saudis walk over snow after a heavy snowstorm in the desert near Tabuk, northwest of Riyadh in February 2015. Reuters
  • People play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman in January 2015. Reuters
    People play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman in January 2015. Reuters
  • A Syrian man clears snow off his tent at a refugee camp in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley on January 16, 2019. AFP
    A Syrian man clears snow off his tent at a refugee camp in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley on January 16, 2019. AFP
  • A Syrian man tries to warm himself as snow falls in the Terbol tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on 11 December 2013. UNHCR
    A Syrian man tries to warm himself as snow falls in the Terbol tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on 11 December 2013. UNHCR
  • Syrian refugees play with snow during a winter storm in Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Reuters
    Syrian refugees play with snow during a winter storm in Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Reuters
  • A Palestinian man cleans snow from his car in the West Bank city of Ramallah in December 2013 after a snowstorm. Reuters
    A Palestinian man cleans snow from his car in the West Bank city of Ramallah in December 2013 after a snowstorm. Reuters
  • Palestinians walk on snow in the West Bank town of Nablus in December 2013. AP
    Palestinians walk on snow in the West Bank town of Nablus in December 2013. AP
  • Palestinians play with snow outside the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem in January 2013. AFP
    Palestinians play with snow outside the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem in January 2013. AFP
  • A boy makes a print of his hand on a car windscreen covered with snow before clearing it, during stormy weather in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights in January 2013. Reuters
    A boy makes a print of his hand on a car windscreen covered with snow before clearing it, during stormy weather in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights in January 2013. Reuters