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Iraq launches desert sweep after reports of secret Israeli bases

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Iraqi security forces have launched sweeping operations in the country’s western following reports of secret Israeli military bases there. Iraqi authorities have denied the presence of unauthorised foreign bases amid growing tensions involving the US, Israel and Iran.

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