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Middle East review of 2012: the Arab Winter

If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, the most popular metaphor in 2012 was the Arab Winter. After all those hopes of freedom and democracy, not much has gone right.

Middle East review of 2012: the Arab Winter
Just as the 2011 glass was never entirely full, nor is the 2012 one altogether empty, except for Syria Photo: AFP

9:00AM GMT 31 Dec 2012

In Middle East

Ahmed Mohammed, a child in a Syrian refugee camp  

Children in a Syrian refugee camp

Syrian rebels using homemade weapons to fight President Assad's troops  

Weapons of DIY construction

An opposition fighter aims fire as others run for cover  

Aleppo's diary of destruction

Prophet Mohammed's birthday  

In pics: Islam celebrates

Former Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  

Ariel Sharon in pictures

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