Ongoing tensions between the US and Iran may help drive an ISIS resurgence in Iraq

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• President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran's top military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike last week, sparking a major escalation in tensions with Iran.
• Some experts have raised concerns that tensions between the US and Iran may actually embolden a common enemy — the Islamic State — who may seek a resurgence amid the chaos created in Iraq. 
• Experts say the remaining followers of the Islamic State in Iraq may view Soleimani's death, along with the ensuing chaos on the ground, as a window of opportunity to strike. 
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President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran's top military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike last week, sparking a major escalation in tensions with Iran.

While experts widely debated Iran's anticipated response, the country took action on Tuesday night by firing more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq hosting US and Iraqi military personnel.

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