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Mideast cold snap causes deaths, crop damage

There have been a number of deaths and considerable damage to crops in the Middle East as temperatures in the region fall to exceptional lows.

Local reports say that 10 people died in Saudi Arabia after snowfalls.

In Syria, temperatures have dropped to minus 16 degrees Celsius.

There has been widespread damage to crops in Syria, Jordan and Israel.

There has also been snow in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the first time in living memory.

- ABC

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