A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in ...

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

Hospitals in Muthanna province in southern Iraq received at least "700 cases of suffocation", a local health official said. More than 250 people were taken to hospital in Najaf province ...

A sandstorm in central and southern Iraq sent more than 1,800 people to hospitals with respiratory problems on Monday, health ...

A mass grave believed to be of opponents of the Saddam Hussein regime was found in Iraq’s southern Najaf province, according to local authorities on Monday. “The grave was discovered near one ...

NAJAF, Iraq (CNN) -- Efforts to broker a peace agreement with rebel forces loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the embattled south-central city of Najaf have failed, Iraqi government ...

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Baghdad (AFP) – A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking ... AFP photographers reported. Basra and Najaf airports both closed for the duration of the storm, which began ...