The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.
-
-
A Palestinian boy plays in his makeshift home during wet and cold weather in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA -
Smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa. Mohamad Abazeed / AFP -
A Palestinian girl peers through the door of her house in an impoverished area in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. Said Khatib / AFP -
A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs as he searches for victims following a reported government airstrike on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP -
The peloton make their way up the climb of Bousher Al Amerat on stage four of the 8th Tour of Oman, a 118km stage from Yiti to the Ministry of Tourism in Muscat, Oman. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images -
An injured woman holds an injured child at a hospital, after alleged airstrikes by forces loyal to the Syrian government hit areas inhabited by civilians in Barzeh, near Damascus. Sarieh Abu Zaid / EPA -
A man takes an early morning swim in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo -
A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighter adjusts a mortar in northern Deir al-Zor province ahead of an offensive against Islamic State militants, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters -
Iraqi rapid response forces advancing towards south of Mosul are seen through a shattered glass window of a military vehicle. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters -
A general view of a bridge in the Iranian city of Ahvaz during a sandstorm this week. At least seven people were killed as floods, avalanches and dust storms gripped the country. Morteza Jaberian / AFP -
A boy flys a kite on the Red Sea beach near the landmark Jeddah fountain, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Amr Nabil / AP Photo -
Region in focus: February 22, 2017
Most popular today
