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Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country.

Iraqi media sources reported a large dust storm in various parts of Iraq and the suspension of flights at Baghdad and Najaf International Airports due to low visibility. Severe dust storms ripped through various provinces in Iraq on Monday. Social media users also posted pictures of various provinces, including Najaf, …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment recorded thousands of asphyxiation cases in all governorates, during the current dust storm. The Ministry spokesman, Seif al-Badr, revealed that more than 5,000 people were admitted to hospitals throughout Iraq in the last few hours, noting that most of them received the appropriate …

Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. Flights were grounded due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the holy city of Najaf, with the …

A severe dust storm sweeping Iraq and the Kurdistan Region has resulted in five deaths in Salahaddin province’s Tuz Khurmatu along with hundreds of hospitalizations in Erbil and Sulaimani. “Five civilians have died of dust in Khurmatu and others have suffered from strain and are receiving treatment due to the …