Basra and Najaf airports both closed for the duration of the storm, which began to dissipate on Tuesday morning.

A powerful sandstorm swept across southern Iraq on April 14, reducing visibility to near zero in provinces like Najaf, ...

More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna ...

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Interior has announced that the Anti-Organized Crime Unit in Najaf Governorate successfully ...

The sandstorm is expected to gradually ease throughout today, on Tuesday, April 15 ...

Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.

Visibility was reduced to only a few meters in the provinces of Najaf and Diwaniyah. Iraq is prone to seasonal sandstorms, but experts and officials have raised alarm over their frequency in recent ...

A sandstorm sweeping across southern Iraq left thousands of people hospitalized for respiratory issues, officials quoted in local reports said on Tuesday, April 15.Azzaman Online quoted health ...

More than 1,000 people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq's central and southern parts of ...

More than 3,700 people have been hospitalised with breathing difficulties in Iraq, following a sandstorm which has swept ...