With the onset of spring in Iraq, which is battling drought and climate change, a sandstorm that started in Anbar province began to move to the central parts of the country. The Iraq Meteorology Directorate stated that the sandstorm has affected the western, northern, and central parts of the country and announced that it will spread to the south of the country as well. The Ministry of Health announced that all health institutions have been put on alert against the possible danger of suffocation.
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Download File: https://iha.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/iha-sandstorm-spreading-in-iraq-2023-04-01_08-21-54_099236.mp4?_=1Approximately 80,000 Palestinians flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem to perform the second Friday prayer of Ramadan despite Israeli restrictions, according to a statement from the Jerusalem Islamic Endowments Authority.
Palestinians who were not allowed to the mosque by the Israeli forces performed Friday prayers around the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israel only allows men over the age of 55, women over the age of 50, and children under the age of 12 to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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