Desert snow

Agencies Published December 14, 2013
People walk along a street during snow fall in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
People walk along a street during snow fall in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
A boy walks on snow as he holds a plastic gallon during snow fall in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
A boy walks on snow as he holds a plastic gallon during snow fall in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter warms his hands as his fellow fighters try to locate snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo. – Photo by Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter warms his hands as his fellow fighters try to locate snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo. – Photo by Reuters
Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow near Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo. – Photo by Reuters
Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow near Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo. – Photo by Reuters
A Syrian child stands in the snow in a refugee camp in the town of Arsal in the Lebanese Bekaa valley. Thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift camps in Lebanon weathered a winter storm that brought snow, rain and freezing temperatures to the country. – Photo by AFP
A Syrian child stands in the snow in a refugee camp in the town of Arsal in the Lebanese Bekaa valley. Thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift camps in Lebanon weathered a winter storm that brought snow, rain and freezing temperatures to the country. – Photo by AFP
Snow covers the scene in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. – Photo by AFP
Snow covers the scene in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. – Photo by AFP
A Syrian youth draws a heart in the snow covering a car in Damascus. – Photo by AP
A Syrian youth draws a heart in the snow covering a car in Damascus. – Photo by AP
People talk during snow fall in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
People talk during snow fall in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus. – Photo by Reuters
Free Syrian Army fighters warm themselves around a heater in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district. – Photo by Reuters
Free Syrian Army fighters warm themselves around a heater in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district. – Photo by Reuters

A powerful winter storm sweeping the eastern Mediterranean this week is causing mayhem across the region and is compounding the hardships on Syrians convulsed in civil war and on refugees who have fled the fighting. The storm, named Alexa, is expected to last until Saturday, bringing more snow, rain and cold to regions of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Egypt.

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