Looking west, the chill extends into the Arabian Peninsula.

Saudi Arabia is enduring a rare wintry blast, with rare settling snow reported in Ha’il during the early hours of Dec 18:

Snow events such as this are usually confined to Saudi Arabia’s higher elevations further north or southwest, not interior desert cities like Ha’il.

From the Himalayas to the Deccan Plateau and into the deserts of Arabia, cold is asserting itself across a wide swath of the region.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-from-kashmir-to-the-plains-snow