CNN Site Map for Section Middle East (Galleries) for August - 2013
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- 2013-08-31First lady of Syria Asma al-Assad attends an official dinner at Elysee Palace in Paris, on Jun 25, 2001. She grew up in London and has been married to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for 13 years. She worked for JP Morgan as an investment banker before m
- 2013-08-234-year-old Mohammed crossed into Jordan from Syria with two broken legs, a fractured skull, two broken arms and a smashed pelvis after his home caved in during intensive shelling.
- 2013-08-22Mustafa, 12, fled his home in Aleppo, Syria, under intense shelling and fighting. Mercy Corps says his hair started to turn white shortly after he arrived as a refugee in Lebanon from the stress and trauma of his ordeal.
- 2013-08-15A bus passes a destroyed pickup truck with loudspeakers that was used by supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Friday, August 2. The supporters and security forces clashed in Sixth of October City in Giza, south of Cairo, after the gove
- 2013-08-12Abed Hathout, left, is Khalas' guitarist and band manager. Kobi Farhi is the vocalist for Orphaned Land. The joint tour between the two Israeli bands was sparked by the two musicians' friendship.
- 2013-08-09Two young Syrian girls at the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan paint decorations on walls of the community bathrooms. "Doing this project helps us keep our minds off fasting," says 12 year old Sula (right), a refugee from a village outside D
- 2013-08-08Volunteers of Hebrew University excavating at Tel Hazor. Each summer, professional and amateur archeologists descend upon the site, enlivening this normally quiet part of Israel.
- 2013-08-01La construcción del nuevo sistema de metro en Riad, capital de Arabia Saudita, comenzará el año que viene. La estación del Distrito Financiero Rey Abdullah, diseñada por el estudio Zaha Hadid Architechs, será una de las más espectaculares.
- 2013-08-01Construction of the Saudi Arabian capital's new metro system will begin next year. The King Abdullah Financial District station designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will be one of the most spectacular among 85 new stops.