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By Nawar Alrikabi and Francesca Cicardi
Baghdad/Cairo, Jan 2 (efe-epa).- A year after the assassination of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani by the United States in Baghdad, Iraq remains caught in crossfire between the US and Iran.
Similar attacks could still play out, although the arrival of the more moderate Joe Biden in the White House makes such a scenario less likely.
The US selective air strike took place on the night of 2 to 3 January near Baghdad airport killing Soleimani, who had arrived from Damascus, and the deputy commander of the pro-government militia of Popular Mobilization Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes who received the Iranian leader.