Photos: Winter Storm hits Mediterranean Mid East
January 8, 2013
Boys play in the courtyard of the Sultanahmet mosque, known as the Blue mosque, during a snow storm in Istanbul January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Istanbul themed magnets are covered by snow as they are displayed for sale outside of a shop in Istanbul January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Snow falls as a woman takes a photo of pigeons in Istanbul, on January 8, 2013. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said the snow is expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
View shows ferries sailing on the Bosphorus in Istanbul on January 8, 2013. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said the snow expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
Snow falls as people walk and anglers fish on Galata Bridge in Istanbul, on January 8, 2013. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said the snow is expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
Snow falls as people walk in downtown Istanbul on January 8, 2013. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said the snow expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
Snow falls during a traffic jam in Istanbul, on January 8, 2013. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said the snow is expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
People watch as water flows in a stream during stormy weather near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A dog walks in the snow in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A boy makes a print of his hand on a car windscreen covered with snow before clearing it, during stormy weather in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A crate of apples is seen on a pick-up truck as snow falls near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, wearing hats covered with plastic against the rain, talk in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood January 8, 2013. Unusually heavy winter rains forced the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv on Tuesday, causing gridlock in and around Israel's commercial capital, authorities said. The storms were forecast to continue on Wednesday, with rare snowfall expected in Jerusalem. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A man sits on top of his car which is stuck in a flooded road near the Israeli-Arab town of Kfar Qara, in central Israel, on January 8, 2013. Stormy weather, including high winds and heavy rainfall, lashed Israel and the Palestinian territories, downing powerlines and trees and blocking roads causing several injuries. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
Railway workers stand at a flooded train station in Tel Aviv January 8, 2013. Unusually heavy winter rains forced the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv on Tuesday, causing gridlock in and around Israel's commercial capital, authorities said. Traffic backed up for hours as highways into Tel Aviv were flooded, police said. Rail operator asked commuters to avoid stations in the city and train schedules were disrupted. REUTERS'/Nir Elias
A man walks on the beach with a dog as others kitesurf in the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv during stormy weather January 8, 2013. Unusually heavy winter rains forced the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv on Tuesday, causing gridlock in and around Israel's commercial capital, authorities said. REUTERS/Nir Elias
A man rides his motorbike as snow falls in the village of Nabeh al-Safa, Lebanon on January 8, 2013. Stormy weather, including high winds and heavy rainfall, lashed the eastern Mediterranean coast, downing power lines and trees and causing several injuries in a number of countries. JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images
Lebanese citizens make their way through snow unable to find transport on the Beirut-Damascus highway, in Sawfar mountain, Lebanon, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Sunday and according to the Lebanese meteorology, the storm will continue until late Thursday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian citizens make their way to Beirut on the Beirut-Damascus highway, in Sawfar mountain, Lebanon, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Sunday and according to the Lebanese meteorology, the storm will continue until late Thursday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian refugees help a wounded man fix his tent at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
Syrian refugee family warm themselves inside their tent , at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
Syrian refugees stand inside their tent after a flooded hit Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
A Syrian refugee boy makes his way through water and mud, next to a UNICEF school at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
A Wounded Syrian refugee man makes his way on water and mud, at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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