IN PICTURES: A Middle Eastern blizzard

Commuters in Turkey's Istanbul face the storm (AFP)

A Turkish snowman, complete with cap and walking stick, graces the streets of Istanbul (AFP)

Worshippers in Jerusalem complete the Friday prayer outside al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (MEE/Mahfouz Abu Turk)

Two men have a snow fight outside the iconic holy site (MEE/Mahfouz Abu Turk)

A Jewish man prays at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem (AFP)

In Lebanon, a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is nearly eclipsed by the snowstorm (AFP)

In Jordan, historic levels of snowfalls have closed main roads for the first time (AA)

Children in Jordanian capital Amman try to outdo their friends' snowman (AA)

Children in Jabal Al-Weibdeh, one of Amman's oldest neighbourhoods, take part in a massive snowball fight (MEE/Abo Bakr Al Haj Ali)

The record snowfall blankets Jabal Al-Weibdeh, one of Amman's oldest neighbourhoods (MEE/Abo Bakr Al Haj Ali)

Turkish troops in the north-east of the country on a training mission in the snow (AA)

Smoke rises from operations at the training site not far from Turkey's border with Armenia (AA)

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