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Iraq Boosts Security Measures at Base Where US Trainers Stay

Reuters

   BAGHDAD - Security measures were increased at one of Iraq's largest air
   bases that houses American trainers following an attack last week, a
   top Iraqi air force commander said Saturday. The U.S. military said
   operations at the base were going on as usual and there were currently
   no plans to evacuate personnel.

   The stepped-up Iraqi security measures at Balad air base, just north of
   the capital, Baghdad, come amid sharply rising tensions in the Middle
   East between the United States and Iran.

   The current regional crisis is rooted in the U.S. withdrawal last year
   from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Washington
   subsequently re-imposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into
   freefall and cutting deeply into its oil exports.
   

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