The exterior of the main dome of Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
The exterior of the main dome of Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
A priest carries a ladder used as a barrier to a chapel during mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus Christ is believed to be buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem. AP Photo
A priest carries a ladder used as a barrier to a chapel during mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus Christ is believed to be buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem. AP Photo
Palestinian artist Naim Al Khatib paints his sculpture of a woman hugging an olive tree at his workshop in the West Bank village of Dura, southwest of Hebron. AFP
Palestinian artist Naim Al Khatib paints his sculpture of a woman hugging an olive tree at his workshop in the West Bank village of Dura, southwest of Hebron. AFP
Members of Octave Band perform during Amman Jazz Festival in Jordan. EPA
Members of Octave Band perform during Amman Jazz Festival in Jordan. EPA
Duaa Munshid paints with her fellow artist Qasim Sulaiman an artwork depicting an American actor Morgan Freeman, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
Duaa Munshid paints with her fellow artist Qasim Sulaiman an artwork depicting an American actor Morgan Freeman, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
A Palestinian worker dries tobacco harvested to produce cigarettes to be sold in the local market, at a field near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
A Palestinian worker dries tobacco harvested to produce cigarettes to be sold in the local market, at a field near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
Players of Al Mosul FC practise at the ravaged Al Idara Al Mahalia stadium, which was once used by ISIS as a weapons depot, near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP
Players of Al Mosul FC practise at the ravaged Al Idara Al Mahalia stadium, which was once used by ISIS as a weapons depot, near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 23, 2020

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Unresolved crisis

Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a bitter conflict since 2014, when Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly president was ousted, Moscow annexed Crimea and then backed a separatist insurgency in the east.

Fighting between the Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces has killed more than 14,000 people. In 2015, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal, known as the Minsk agreements, that ended large-scale hostilities but failed to bring a political settlement of the conflict.

The Kremlin has repeatedly accused Kiev of sabotaging the deal, and Ukrainian officials in recent weeks said that implementing it in full would hurt Ukraine.

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