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Will China help Iraq revive nuclear aspirations?
Amid rising regional tensions over the nuclear program of neighbouring Iran, the head of Iraq's Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) has announced a highly symbolic and strategic step: the construction, with the apparent support of China, of the country's first nuclear reactor in decades.
The claimed development-seemingly yet to be confirmed by the Iraqi and Chinese governments-comes at a complex time for Baghdad and its position in the region, not least given that Israel and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites last month.
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