• A mother and her children stand in the ruins of a damaged house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
    A mother and her children stand in the ruins of a damaged house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
  • Syrian refugees look at the convoy of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi as he visits Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    Syrian refugees look at the convoy of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi as he visits Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • Children look out from a window of a bullet-riddled house in the kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
    Children look out from a window of a bullet-riddled house in the kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
  • A young man demonstrates his parkour skills on a street in Gaza City. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
    A young man demonstrates his parkour skills on a street in Gaza City. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
  • Street vendors are reflected on mirrors on a street in Mazar-i Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. Shiwa Kiyanosh / AP Photo
    Street vendors are reflected on mirrors on a street in Mazar-i Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. Shiwa Kiyanosh / AP Photo
  • A Free Syrian Army fighter mans an area in the northern Aleppo countryside, Syria. Abdelrahmin Ismail / Reuters
    A Free Syrian Army fighter mans an area in the northern Aleppo countryside, Syria. Abdelrahmin Ismail / Reuters
  • People holding Turkish flags, wait for the Turkish President, at the site of a suicide bombing caused by ISIL that killed 10 German tourists in the city's tourist hub of Sultanahmet in Istanbul. Ozan Kose / AFP
    People holding Turkish flags, wait for the Turkish President, at the site of a suicide bombing caused by ISIL that killed 10 German tourists in the city's tourist hub of Sultanahmet in Istanbul. Ozan Kose / AFP
  • A man rides his horse cart on the beach during a sandstorm in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A man rides his horse cart on the beach during a sandstorm in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Palestinian children warm themselves by a fire on a stormy day at Shati (beach) refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Palestinian children warm themselves by a fire on a stormy day at Shati (beach) refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters

Region in focus - January 20, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 20, 2016

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