A Syrian girl looks on as aid items to cope with the winter weather are delivered to the al-Hol refugee camp in al-Hasakeh, northeastern Syria. AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan are welcomed by US Charge d'affaires Jim Barnhart and his wife, Elizabeth Barnhart, upon their arrival in Amman, Jordan, at the start of a Middle East tour. AFP
Snow is seen in Hadchit, Lebanon. Reuters
Refugees on board the private rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in the Mediterranean Sea. EPA
A tourist looks at traditional souvenirs displayed for sale in Sidi Bou Said, a tourist destination near Tunis, Tunisia. Reuters
A Jordanian guide and tourists walk past a building at the Petra World Heritage site. EPA
Students sit in front of the shell-damaged building of the University of Mosul in northern Iraq. AFP
An Iraqi actress performs in a play entitled 'Girls of Baghdad' at the National Theater in central Baghdad. AFP
An Israeli soldier clashes with a Palestinian youth during an incursion into the West Bank city of Ramallah. AFP
A Palestinian inspects the scene of an Israeli air strike on a Hamas position during the previous night, near the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Trucks are seen on the banks of the Tigris river near Hasankeyf, in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast during the construction of the Ilisu dam. AFP
The Middle East framed - regional photography for January 8, 2019
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