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Iraq on the fault line of US-Iran tensions

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Amid rising US-Iran tensions, Iraq risks becoming a proxy battlefield if the crisis escalates. That prospect became palpable last month, when several rockets hit US interests across Iraq, with no claim of responsibility. Meanwhile, Baghdad is stepping up efforts to assert its authority over Iraqi armed groups which are accused of being too close to Iran. Our reporters gained exclusive access to a training camp of one of these groups.

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