A student from the Syriac Christian minority, dressed in a traditional outfit to participate in a folkloric dance show after school, recites from a book in the Syriac language at a school in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli. AFP
UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt Gen Hamad Al Rumaithi listens during a GCC armed forces chiefs of staff and US Central Command meeting in Kuwait City. AFP
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian military Lt Gen Mahmoud Freihat listens during the GCC meeting. AFP
GCC's armed forces chiefs of staff and the commander of the US Central Command attend a meeting in Kuwait City. AFP
Masoud Barzani, former President in Kurdistan Region and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) arrives to speak to supporters as he kicks off the official campaigning for Kurdistan Parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq. EPA
Masoud Barzani, former President in Kurdistan Region and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) arrives to speak to supporters as he kicks off the official campaigning for Kurdistan Parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq. EPA
Demonstrators hold national flags during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, Iraq. AP Photo
A general view of the Arab Foreign Ministers annual meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. EPA
Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, right, speaks with Saudi foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir during the meeting in Cairo. EPA
A Syrian man digs a cave at an unknown location in the southern countryside of Idlib. AFP
A boat sail during the sunset on the seafront of Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
A Yemeni child stands near empty jerrycans before filling with water from a donated source amid widespread disruption of water supplies in Sanaa. EPA
A Yemeni child stands near empty jerrycans before filling with water from a donated source amid widespread disruption of water supplies in Sanaa. EPA
The Middle East Framed - regional photography for September 12, 2018
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