• Hamas top leader Sheikh Ismaeil Haneiya visits the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Gaza City. EPA
    Hamas top leader Sheikh Ismaeil Haneiya visits the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Gaza City. EPA
  • Iraqi President Barham Salih meets with Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi President Barham Salih meets with Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayad in Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayad in Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Turkish-backed Syrian fighters raise Turkish and opposition flags in the north of Aleppo province before heading to the Kurdish-controlled town of Manbij. AFP
    Turkish-backed Syrian fighters raise Turkish and opposition flags in the north of Aleppo province before heading to the Kurdish-controlled town of Manbij. AFP
  • Turkish-backed Syrian rebels stand with their weapons just outside Manbij, Syria. REUTERS
    Turkish-backed Syrian rebels stand with their weapons just outside Manbij, Syria. REUTERS
  • Tourist horse-drawn carts wait by the base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza necropolis on the outskirts of Cairo. AFP
    Tourist horse-drawn carts wait by the base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza necropolis on the outskirts of Cairo. AFP
  • Arabian Saluki dogs race during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed. AFP
    Arabian Saluki dogs race during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed. AFP
  • Arabian Saluki dogs race during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed. AFP
    Arabian Saluki dogs race during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed. AFP
  • Houthi militants ride on the back of a truck as they withdraw, as part of a UN-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, from the Red Sea city of Hodeidah, Yemen. Reuters
    Houthi militants ride on the back of a truck as they withdraw, as part of a UN-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, from the Red Sea city of Hodeidah, Yemen. Reuters
  • Iraqi people queue for heating oil as the winter hits Mosul. AFP
    Iraqi people queue for heating oil as the winter hits Mosul. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 30, 2018

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December 30, 2018

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