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23 photos of the Middle East’s first snowy winter in decades
23 photos of the Middle East’s first snowy winter in decades
Snow has swept across much of the Middle East, a rare event in this part of the world. Arching south from Turkey, the storm blanketed parts of Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. As these photos show, the snow has brought delight to some in the region but has exacerbated the misery of others, particularly those in the vast Syrian refugee camps, highlighting the wide divergence of human experiences across this corner of the globe.
TURKEY
The Ottoman-era Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Syrian refugees pose in the snow in front of their makeshift home in Ankara. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A Syrian refugee and his son walk through Istanbul. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
SYRIA
The besieged city of Homs, covered with snow. (REUTERS/Yazan Homsy)
The Khalid bin al Walid Mosque, in the devastated city of Homs, covered with snow. (REUTERS/Yazan Homsy)
Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow in the eastern city of Raqqa. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat)
A rebel fighter takes aim during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. (MEDO HALAB/AFP/Getty Images)
Rebels clash with Syrian pro-government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. (MEDO HALAB/AFP/Getty Images)
LEBANON
Syrian refugees play with snow during a winter storm in Zahle town, in the Bekaa Valley. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Young Syrian refugees build a snowman in a makeshift refugee camp in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
23 photos of the Middle East’s first snowy winter in decades
Snow has swept across much of the Middle East, a rare event in this part of the world. Arching south from Turkey, the storm blanketed parts of Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. As these photos show, the snow has brought delight to some in the region but has exacerbated the misery of others, particularly those in the vast Syrian refugee camps, highlighting the wide divergence of human experiences across this corner of the globe.
TURKEY
The Ottoman-era Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Syrian refugees pose in the snow in front of their makeshift home in Ankara. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A Syrian refugee and his son walk through Istanbul. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
SYRIA
The besieged city of Homs, covered with snow. (REUTERS/Yazan Homsy)
The Khalid bin al Walid Mosque, in the devastated city of Homs, covered with snow. (REUTERS/Yazan Homsy)
Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow in the eastern city of Raqqa. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat)
A rebel fighter takes aim during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. (MEDO HALAB/AFP/Getty Images)
Rebels clash with Syrian pro-government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. (MEDO HALAB/AFP/Getty Images)
LEBANON
Syrian refugees play with snow during a winter storm in Zahle town, in the Bekaa Valley. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Young Syrian refugees build a snowman in a makeshift refugee camp in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
