The content originally appeared on: CNN A version of this story first appeared in CNN's Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region's biggest stories. Sign up here. Washington, DC (CNN)The skies from Dubai to as far away as Syria turned an apocalyptic orange as dust and sand whirled through the air this month. Thousands of people in the Middle East flooded hospitals, unable to breathe properly. In Syria, medical units stockpiled canisters of oxygen. Businesses […]