Environment

Felaw Lake in the Choman District, Kurdistan Region, May 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Abandoned trash in Kurdistan tourist site causes strong reaction among residents

An Iraqi worker cleans the street during a severe dust storm in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 1, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi meteorology center sets date for end of dust storm

The Kurdistan Region’s Smaquli lake and dam (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Smaquli dam, a new tourism haven in Kurdistan Region

A car driving through another Spring sandstorm in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, May 5, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

New dust storm hospitalizes more than 1,000 people across Iraq

A new dust storm engulfed the capital of Baghdad reducing visibility to as low as 500 meters, May 1, 2022. (Photo: Sheevan Jabary/Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Flights to Baghdad, Najaf airports canceled again due to dust storm

A view of the right bank (western) of the Tigris river in Iraq's capital Baghdad during a severe dust storm, April 20, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

New dust storm hits Baghdad as authorities warn of more 'intense, frequent' weather

Fellaw Pond in the mountains of Choman town in the Kurdistan Region’s Balakayati area near the Iranian border (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Fellaw Pond, a natural wonder for mountaineers and tourists in the Kurdistan Region

Exterior of Baghdad International Airport. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Baghdad airport resumes flights after dust storm

An Iraqi Airways plane arrives at Baghdad International Airport, July 23, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Baghdad Airport grounds flights as new dust storm batters capital

A view of a palm and olive grove in the "green belt" area of Iraq's central city of Karbala, April 18, 2022. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq 'green belt' neglected in faltering climate fight

The Ranya, Hajiyawa, Chuwarqurna water project, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG continues work on major water projects in Sulaimani province

A boy puts bread in a paper bag supplied by the Eco-vital environmental group in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, Feb. 13, 2022. (Photo: Eco-vital/Facebook)

Kurdistan

New draft law to be presented to ban all plastic bags in Erbil province: official

A traffic policeman stands along Kahramana Square in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad during a dust storm April 12, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad al-Ruabye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq working to revive oases in western deserts to tackle increasing dust storms

Kurdistan Region Minister of Municipalities and Tourism Sasan Awni, Kurdistan Region Minister of Electricity Kamal Mohammed Saleh, and Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw in meeting, Erbil, April 14, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil to drill 138 wells to deal with possible water shortages in summer

Gary Qasruka village abandoned 36 years ago in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province resurfaced following a sharp decline in Duhok Dam's water level due to drought, Nov. 4, 2021. (Photo: Ismael Adnan/AFP)

Kurdistan

Water levels decreasing in Kurdistan Region dams

Sand storm covers Baghdad’s sky. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Second sand storm in less than a week causes some hospitalizations in Iraq