Dozens Hospitalized as Iraq Gripped by Dust Storm

A man walks in a street during a dust storm in Iraq's city of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar province, on April 9, 2022. (AFP)

A dust storm that has swept through much of Iraq has left dozens of people in hospital with respiratory problems, a health ministry spokesman said Saturday.

The storm erupted in the north of the country on Thursday, prompting the cancellation of flights serving Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region.