| Dust storms from Iraq and Saudi Arabia transported by northwesterly winds, locally called shamal wind, cause reduced visibility in the months of June and July. |
| The shamal is part of a widespread flow toward a low-pressure centre over Pakistan. |
| The shamal, a northwesterly wind common during June and July, causes dramatic sandstorms. |
| Shamal is the indigenous word that describes the rapid onset of winds in the desert and the ensuing dust storm. |
| A shamal had formed in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley in southern Iraq and was moving south. |
| Paul's battalion lost five soldiers, the first four in a blinding sandstorm known as the 40-day shamal, or 40 days of wind. |
