Sandstorms in central and southern Iraq have led to the hospitalisation of more than 1,800 people due to respiratory issues, health officials said. Mazen al-Egeili, a local official in the Muthanna ...

A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday.

We've witnessed decaying air quality under drought conditions, but a recent devastating sandstorm across central and southern Iraq took things to another level. The episode is only the latest in a ...

A wheelchair-user is helped across a road in dangerously low visibility in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday. — Hussein FALEH A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust ...