Winter weather sweeps through Middle East — in pictures

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  While the storm disrupted life for everyone, it proved particularly trying for the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who live in tents and makeshift shelters in the Bekaa. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  A boy looks out of his tent at a refugee camp in Deir Zannoun village. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  Syrians throw snow at each other. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  The storm, called Huda, dumped rain and hail on Lebanon’s coast and heavy snow in the mountains and central Bekaa Valley, where petrol stations, banks, schools and most shops closed. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  A Syrian man removes the snow from his TV satellite aerial at the refugee camp. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  Near the town of Anjar, men used brooms and sticks to try to clear the heavy snow from the tops of refugee tents, fearing the weight might cause the shelters to collapse. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  A Syrian man, right, walks between tents covered in snow. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  Inside the tents, adults could be seen huddling around the wood burning stoves to try to keep warm. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  A man walks through the snow. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

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  A boy stands at the door of his tent. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

Snow fell across the Middle East as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, forcing Syrians who have fled their country’s civil war to huddle for warmth in refugee camps.