Winter Storm Alexa in the Middle East
![People play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman, Dec. 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/D4D71E18-7A7B-47FD-B7FC-409E7C3E7094_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman, Dec. 13, 2013.
![People play in the snow in Damascus as a blustery storm, dubbed Alexa, brought gusty winds, torrential rains and heavy snowfall to most parts of Syria and the entire Middle East, Dec. 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6239DF3E-9FDF-4C50-9E87-9EC0DEDA6071_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People play in the snow in Damascus as a blustery storm, dubbed Alexa, brought gusty winds, torrential rains and heavy snowfall to most parts of Syria and the entire Middle East, Dec. 13, 2013.
![A Palestinian woman walks by a snowman in the West Bank town of Nablus, Dec. 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/43405E08-EE3D-4A16-97AD-DCDE03560216_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian woman walks by a snowman in the West Bank town of Nablus, Dec. 13, 2013.
![An Indonesian soldier from the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon is seen during a snow fall in the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh, Dec. 13, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/170A3198-8710-4012-8621-A048C0866339_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indonesian soldier from the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon is seen during a snow fall in the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh, Dec. 13, 2013.