That gives them an option on whether to leave the country. The Pentagon is standing by to support a potential evacuation of U.S. personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, another U.S. official said.

"Then another ten years went by, and one day it hit me - it's not just about the property, it's about human rights," Khazzam ...

ISIS bomb attacks in Baghdad a new challenge for Iraq’s military Islamic State fighters unleashed a new wave of bombings Tuesday in Baghdad, attacks that have turned the Iraqi capital into a ...