
Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
Brutal winter weather is making dire conditions even more unbearable in parts of the Middle East, particularly for Syrian refugees who must endure freezing temperatures in tents.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
Bedouin children from the al-Rashaida tribe warm themselves by a fire under a tent at their camp south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on January 8, 2013.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
A man walks in a flooded yard as he comes out of his squat in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on January 7.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
A fireman's truck drives through a flooded road to rescue people trapped in their vehicles near the Israeli-Arab town of Kfar Qara, in central Israel.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
A man shouts as vehicles drive through flood waters in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on January 7.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
A Syrian boy cuts wood at a refugee camp near the northern city of Azaz on the Syria-Turkey border, on January 8.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
Rescue team evacuates people trapped in their cars in a flooded road near the Israeli-Arab town of Kfar Qara, in central Israel.

Brutal winter weather thrashes Mideast —
Lebanese farmers rescue a goat from the heavy rains and blusterous winds that the region encounters on January 7, 2013 in the Lebanese southern city of Jadra.