People play in the snow following a snowstorm at a park in Jerusalem, Dec. 14, 2013. Jerusalem's heaviest snow for 50 years forced Israeli authorities to lift a Jewish sabbath public transport ban on Saturday and allow trains out of the city where highways were shut to traffic.
Syria
Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow in Raqqa, eastern Syria, Dec. 11, 2013.
A powerful winter storm swept the eastern Mediterranean causing mayhem across the region.
Israel
Flamingos stand in their enclosure during snowfall in Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk on a snow-covered road in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2013. Schools and offices in Jerusalem and parts of the occupied West Bank were closed and public transport briefly suspended after heavy snowfall on Thursday.
Israel
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man rides his bicycle on a snow-covered road in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men roll a snowball at a park in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
The snow capped Dome of the Rock in the compound, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, is seen from the Mount of Olives Dec.12, 2013.
Israel
Men play a bat and ball game after a snowstorm at a park in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
A man holding an umbrella walks as snow falls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
People build a snowman in front of the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
Pedestrians walk through falling snow in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2013.
Israel
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during a snowstorm, Dec.13, 2013.
Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jews visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during a snowstorm, Dec. 13, 2013.
Israel
A woman swims in the pool at the David Citadel Hotel during a snow storm in Jerusalem, Dec. 13, 2013.
West Bank
A Palestinian man walks on a snow-covered street during a snowstorm in the West Bank city of Nablus, Dec.13, 2013.
Israel
A Beduin woman walks next to shacks covered with snow following a snowstorm at the outskirts of Jerusalem, Dec. 13, 2013. A snowstorm of rare intensity blanketed the Jerusalem area and parts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, choking off the city and stranding hundreds in vehicles on impassable roads.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi men leave footprints after a snowstorm in Alkan village, Dec. 13, 2013.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi men drink tea as they sit in a tent during a snowstorm in Alkan village, Dec. 13, 2013.
Jordan
People play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman, Dec. 14, 2013.
Jordan
Cars, left by their owners after they were caught in a heavy snowstorm, are seen in Amman, Dec. 14, 2013.