Dust storm

Sandstorm blankets Erbil, May 5, 2025. (Photo: Kurdsitan24)

Kurdistan

Dust Storm Reduces Visibility Across Kurdistan Region

Dust storm in Baghdad. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Iraq Braces for Dust Storms and Extreme Heat as Temperatures Soar to 50°C

A beehive and a grapevine branch. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

'Dust Storm Has Damaged Everything—Grapes and Bees Hit Hard,' Kurdistan Farmers, Beekeepers Warn

Dust storms in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq Braces for Dust Storms with Cooler Temperatures on the Horizon

A person in a wheelchair is helped across a road in low visibility during a massive dust storm in Basra. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Dust Storms Choke Southern Iraq: Thousands Hospitalized Amid Worsening Air Crisis

People navigate a street during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2022. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq

Health emergency declared as dust storm engulfs southern Iraq's Najaf province

Ali Selajgeh, the head of Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization (right) stands alongside Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri of the UAE Climate Change and Environment Ministry, July 12, 2022. (Photo: IRNA)

Middle East

Iran, UAE sign memorandum of understanding on combating dust storm

A man reacts as he rides his bicycle during a sandstorm in the town of Khalis, in Iraq's Diyala province, July 3, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

New dust storm expected to hit Iraq

A man reacts as he rides his bicycle during a sandstorm in the town of Khalis, in Iraq's Diyala province, July 3, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Weathering sandstorms, Iraqis grit teeth and battle on

Vehicles drive along a road during a severe dust storm in Iraq's capital Baghdad on May 1, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

New dust storm expected to hit Iraq Friday

Iraqis receive treatment at an emergency ward in Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Baghdad as thousands were hospitalised across the country during a heavy sandstorm, May 6, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Over 2,000 people suffer breathing issues amidst Iraq’s 12th dust storm in under six months

A man walks along a road during a sand storm in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, March 4, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

New dust storm to pass through Iraq this week

An Iraqi man receives treatment at an emergency ward at a hospital in Baghdad as choking clouds of dust blanketed the Iraqi capital, June 13, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad al-Ruabye/AFP)

Iraq

1,000 suffer breathing difficulties from latest dust storm in Iraq

An Iraqi cleaner works to clean the street during a severe dust storm in the Iraqi capital Baghdad May 1, 2022 (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

New dust storm expected to hit Iraq: Weather authority

A man walks along a road during a sand storm in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, March 4, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Dust storms battering Iraq originated in regional countries: Environment Minister

The storm that will hit Iraq is the ninth in two months. (Photo: Getty Images)

Iraq

Iraq suspends Monday flights, announces holiday due to dust storm