Winter storm hits Syria and Lebanon - in pictures

Syrian refugees run for cover from snow during a winter storm in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

A man walks past snow-covered building in Homs that have been damage during fighting between Assad forces and the Syrian rebels Photograph: Yazan Homsy/Reuters

Battle-scarred Homs in the snow Photograph: @RamiAlLolah

A Syrian refugee tries to move a washing machine into her tent to protect it from snowfall at a makeshift camp in Terbol, eastern Lebanon Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds young goats in Aleppo, Syria Photograph: Saad Abobrahim/Reuters

A Syrian rebel fighter aims his weapon during clashes with pro-government forces in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Aleppo Photograph: Medo Halab/AFP/Getty Images

Syrian refugees play with snow in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley a few miles from the border with Syria Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

A Syrian refugee boy stands outside his tent in the Bekaa valley Photograph: AP

Free Syrian Army fighters warm themselves around a heater in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

Free Syrian Army fighters walk past damaged buildings in Aleppo Photograph: Saad Abobrahim/Reuters

A Syrian girl walks near her tent in a refugee camp in Ketermaya, Lebanon. The United Nations refugee agency says it is 'extremely concerned' for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees scattered across the region Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

Free Syrian Army fighters play with snow in Khan Tuman, Aleppo Photograph: Ammar Abdullah/Reuters

A young Syrian refugee in Terbol, Lebanon Photograph: Andrew McConnell/UNHCR

Syrian refugees warm themselves around a fire near their tent in a camp in Ketermaya, Lebanon, as a heavy snowstorm batters the region Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP