Taken through the windshield of a car, this picture shows Lebanese drivers rushing to help others stuck in the middle of the main Beirut-Damascus highway during a snow storm near the mountain village of Mdeirej
Palestinian worshipers walk near the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem following a snowstorm. The hilltop city of Jerusalem was paralysed by its fiercest snowstorm in years, with its mayor enlisting the army to help stranded motorists. Main roads into the Holy City, which climb around 795 metres (2,600 feet) above sea level were closed and police appealed to drivers not to attempt the journey
An Ultra Orthodox Jew is seen walking in the snow at the Western Wall compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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 were weathered a winter storm that brought snow, rain and freezing temperatures to the country
A Syrian youth draws a heart in the snow on a car in Damascus
A powerful winter storm sweeping the eastern Mediterranean this week is causing mayhem across the region and inflicting extra misery on Syrians convulsed in civil war and refugees who have fled the fighting. The storm, named Alexa, is expected to last until Saturday, bringing more snow, rain and freezing temperatures to large swaths of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories
More photos (The Guardian)
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