Two Old Images Shared as Recent Dust Storm in Iraq
The Claim
Two photos show a dust storm that hit the cities of Anbar and Baghdad recently.
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Emerging story
Social media users have recently circulated two images that their publishers claim to depict a dust storm in Iraq.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and discovered it to be false, as the two photos are old and do not depict a dust storm in Iraq.
The first photo was published on Iraqi news sites in April 2013 as a dust storm that swept through the eastern Iraqi province of Maysan, while the second was published on Arab news sites in March 2017, denying that the images were of a recent dust storm in Iraq.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, a dust storm will hit Anbar Province in western Iraq on January 20, 2022, accompanied by a drop in temperature (INA).
The Iraqi meteorological organization has received no reports of a dust storm that hit Anbar Province in the last two days or a dust storm that reached the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Translated by Wesam Abu Marq
