The Middle East this week
A selection of photos of the week from around the Middle East , curated by Ynetnews.
A selection of photos taken this week from around the Middle East, curated by Ynetnews.
Israel/ Palestinian territories
A Palestinian woman flashes victory signs and shouts at ultra-Orthodox Jews during confrontations in the Old City of Jerusalem. Palestinians clashed with Israeli riot police after barricading themselves in a mosque at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, throwing firebombs and rocks at officers outside during a major Jewish holiday on Monday.
Palestinian youths grasping firebombs take cover during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah in the West Bank.
Egypt
An Egyptian policeman takes a selfie at the Amenhotep II tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities minister says King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist's theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum.
Lebanon
Passengers push their baggage as they head towards Beirut international airport on foot after the main road leading to the airport was blocked by relatives of Lebanese soldiers and policemen, who were captured by Islamist insurgents in Arsal, demanding for their release and pressuring the government to act.
Libya
Red Crescent workers recover bodies, east of Tripoli, Libya. A spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies of at least 95 migrants have been found washed ashore since the end September. Thousands of migrants seeking a better life in Europe cast off from Libya on rickety boats, hoping to reach Italy. The International Organization for Migration says that more than 2,600 migrants have died in 2015 so far on the Central Mediterranean route.
Iran
Iranian mourners attend the funeral ceremony of some pilgrims who were killed in a stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last month, as a mourner holds a banner which reads in Arabic, "May Allah Curse Al-Saud," referring to Saudi Arabia's ruling family, at Tehran University, in Tehran. Iran has blamed Saudi authorities for the disaster, which heightened tensions between the two regional rivals. Iran appears to have lost the largest number of pilgrims, with 464 dead.
Iraq
Models display dresses designed by Iraqi designer Ziad Tariq during a fashion show at a Hotel in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
Syria
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter -bomber at Hmeymim airbase in Latakia, Syria.
A file picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows the famous Arch of Triumph (front) and a partial view of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of the Syrian capital, Damascus. According to monitor groups, Islamic State extremists have blown up the famous Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
Smoke rises after airstrikes in Kafr Nabel of the Idlib province, western Syria. Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria Thursday, but there were conflicting claims about whether they were targeting Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants or trying to shore up the defenses of President Bashar Assad.
The Associated Press, TAS, AFP, and Reuters contributed to this report.
