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Iraq on Sunday opened up its airspace and airports following a temporary closure late on Saturday in the wake of Iran’s retaliatory drone and missile strikes against Israel. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched extensive strikes against targets in Israel, as Iraqis watched for rockets or drones flying overhead. Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on its Damascus consulate and Washington had warned repeatedly in recent days that the reprisals were imminent. A senior commander in the IRGC’s Quds Force, Mohammad Reza Z…

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