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A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places. It was the latest in a series of ...
In 2022, many dust storms have hit Iraq. [1] One person has died and 5,000 people have been admitted to hospital. [2] Flights from Baghdad and Najaf were grounded. [3] [4]Orange skies and reduced visibility has been increasingly common in the country. [5]
Another sandstorm blanketed Iraq Monday, turning the skies orange and forcing schools and offices to close, as well as suspending flights at Baghdad Airport. This is the eighth dust storm since ...
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28 July – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm. All five crew-members are killed. [10]17 April – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, 95–26648, belonging to the 3-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes on infill about 12 miles (19 km) north of Tikrit while executing an 8 ship air assault at night. 1 U.S. service member killed and 3 crew ...
The death toll across the country has surpassed 400, following one of the bloodiest days in weeks of anti-government unrest. Thursday (November 28) saw Iraqi security forces shoot at least 60 ...
At 1:20 am AST on 26 January 2005 a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter (164536), code named Sampson 22 [5] from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 was ferrying a platoon of U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Division in Al-Anbar province, Iraq near the town of Ar-Rutbah, about seventy miles from the Jordanian border when it encountered a sandstorm.
Her family lived in Iraq, and most of them still do. She was a good student, Mahdi said. They don’t have letter grades there, but she earned 94/100, making her an A student.