Heavy snowfall hits northern Iraq

Heavy snowfall hit parts of northern Iraq on Sunday, blanketing Soran district, near Irbil, and blocking roads in several locations. Rudaw, the Iraqi Kurdish channel, said two feet of snow had fallen in the previous 24 hours in parts of the district. Snow is not unusual in the winter in Iraq's mountainous north. It often shuts down traffic in the winter months for days on end, halting trade and traffic with Iran and Türkiye.