• A woman removes snow from a car on January 10, 2013 in the Syrian capital of Damascus after heavy snow falls. Snow carpeted Syria's war-torn cities but sparked no let-up in the fighting, instead heaping fresh misery on a civilian population already enduring a chronic shortage of heating fuel and daily power cuts. AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA
    A woman removes snow from a car on January 10, 2013 in the Syrian capital of Damascus after heavy snow falls. Snow carpeted Syria's war-torn cities but sparked no let-up in the fighting, instead heaping fresh misery on a civilian population already enduring a chronic shortage of heating fuel and daily power cuts. AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA
  • Palestinians build a snowman in Ramallah. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP PHOTO
    Palestinians build a snowman in Ramallah. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP PHOTO
  • Syrian hildren have a snow fight in Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP PHOTO
    Syrian hildren have a snow fight in Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP PHOTO
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    ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-JERUSALEM-WEATHER
  • A Palestinian man slides on snow in the old city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was transformed into a winter wonderland after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the Middle East region white. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP PHOTO
    A Palestinian man slides on snow in the old city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was transformed into a winter wonderland after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the Middle East region white. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP PHOTO
  • Palestinians play in the snow in Ramallah. Meteorological agencies in Israel and Lebanon have called it the worst storm in 20 years. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
    Palestinians play in the snow in Ramallah. Meteorological agencies in Israel and Lebanon have called it the worst storm in 20 years. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
  • Jordanian men in Amman have fun in the snow today. Ali Jarekji / Reuters
    Jordanian men in Amman have fun in the snow today. Ali Jarekji / Reuters
  • Jordanians walk past snow-covered cars and trees in Amman. KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP Photo
    Jordanians walk past snow-covered cars and trees in Amman. KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP Photo

In pictures: Snow sweeps across the Middle East

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