Good news for 2019 as the New Years celebrations went well across the Middle East. From Beirut to Mosul and Baghdad, and Qamishli, people celebrated, usually with fireworks.
Video from Mosul was especially striking, considering the misery in the city just two years ago under ISIS
And Dubai
And Erbil
And Qamishli
Baghdad was especially beautiful as were the special cultural performances in Mosul,