• A view of a giant cutout depicting Iran's late top general Qasem Soleimani on display at the Garden of Iran Park, built by the Iranian government, in the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras near the border with Israel. AFP
    A view of a giant cutout depicting Iran's late top general Qasem Soleimani on display at the Garden of Iran Park, built by the Iranian government, in the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras near the border with Israel. AFP
  • A health worker wearing a protective mask stands at a quarantine zone installed by the Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip. AFP
    A health worker wearing a protective mask stands at a quarantine zone installed by the Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Syrian children pose for a picture as their families prepare to flee a camp for the displaced, east of Sarmada in the north of the northwestern Idlib province, amid an ongoing pro-regime offensive. AFP
    Syrian children pose for a picture as their families prepare to flee a camp for the displaced, east of Sarmada in the north of the northwestern Idlib province, amid an ongoing pro-regime offensive. AFP
  • People ride in the back of a truck with furniture, mattresses, and blankets while passing by an internally-displaced persons camp by Dayr Ballut near the Turkish border in the west of Syria's northern province of Aleppo, fleeing advancing Syrian government forces in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. AFP
    People ride in the back of a truck with furniture, mattresses, and blankets while passing by an internally-displaced persons camp by Dayr Ballut near the Turkish border in the west of Syria's northern province of Aleppo, fleeing advancing Syrian government forces in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. AFP
  • Syrian government forces patrol the village of Tallet Shweihna, in Aleppo province. AP
    Syrian government forces patrol the village of Tallet Shweihna, in Aleppo province. AP
  • A woman passes mannequins in Muslim headscarves, at a market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A woman passes mannequins in Muslim headscarves, at a market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • Women play a popular card game Baloot, as Saudi Arabian women join a local tournament for the first time, in Riyadh. Reuters
    Women play a popular card game Baloot, as Saudi Arabian women join a local tournament for the first time, in Riyadh. Reuters
  • Camels dressed in Libyan national flags are seen in the back of trucks also flying flags amidst preparations a day ahead of the ninth anniversary of the uprising against former Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, in the capital Tripoli. AFP
    Camels dressed in Libyan national flags are seen in the back of trucks also flying flags amidst preparations a day ahead of the ninth anniversary of the uprising against former Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, in the capital Tripoli. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photos for February 17, 2020


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