• An injured Syrian child waits for treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel held area of Douma, north east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Abd Doumany / AFP
    An injured Syrian child waits for treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel held area of Douma, north east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • A Kurdish refugee woman from the Syrian town of Kobani walks along tents at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    A Kurdish refugee woman from the Syrian town of Kobani walks along tents at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • A Kurdish refugee girl from the Syrian town of Kobani washes her face at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    A Kurdish refugee girl from the Syrian town of Kobani washes her face at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • A man walks past laundry left on a roadside to dry in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    A man walks past laundry left on a roadside to dry in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • Men who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State take part in field training in the desert in Najaf, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
    Men who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State take part in field training in the desert in Najaf, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
  • A child looks out of a window in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    A child looks out of a window in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani play at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani play at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • Members of the Huthi movement and their allies, including the party of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend a meeting in Sanaa, Yemen. Mohammed Huwais / AFP
    Members of the Huthi movement and their allies, including the party of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend a meeting in Sanaa, Yemen. Mohammed Huwais / AFP
  • A man gives medical assistance to an injured man as two wounded children wait nearby at a field hospital after what activists said was an air strike by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / Reuters
    A man gives medical assistance to an injured man as two wounded children wait nearby at a field hospital after what activists said was an air strike by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / Reuters
  • A Kurdish refugee family from the Syrian town of Kobani sit inside a shelter at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    A Kurdish refugee family from the Syrian town of Kobani sit inside a shelter at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • An Afghan refugee woman, clad in a burqa, waits with others to be repatriated to Afghanistan, at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters
    An Afghan refugee woman, clad in a burqa, waits with others to be repatriated to Afghanistan, at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters
  • Palestinians leave a mosque damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war with Israel last summer, after attending Friday prayers in Biet Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestine. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Palestinians leave a mosque damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war with Israel last summer, after attending Friday prayers in Biet Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestine. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • Children react as they wait for treatment at a makeshift hospital following air strikes by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the rebel held area of Douma, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP
    Children react as they wait for treatment at a makeshift hospital following air strikes by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the rebel held area of Douma, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • Afghan refugee, Hamza Gul, 11, poses for a picture in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    Afghan refugee, Hamza Gul, 11, poses for a picture in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

Region in focus: February 4, 2015


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A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.