The State Department official has confirmed that Blinken has begun a program to review US policy toward Iraq, according to Middle East News.
The source told the New York Times that Blinken was working on a document to review US policy in Iraq, which would be submitted to the White House after Pentagon comments over the policy.
The official stressed that the US government is considering the return of hundreds of US diplomats and military personnel to the US embassy in Baghdad.
Last May, at the height of tensions between the United States and Iran, a large number of staff at the US Embassy in Baghdad, the largest US embassy in the world, left Iraq, and the State Department stressed the need to reduce its staff in Iraq.
The report added that the US government is not yet ready to reopen its consulate in Basra, which was closed in 2018 after a rocket attack. According to the report, the United States is considering the restrictions former President Donald Trump imposed on Iraq in purchasing energy from Iran.
The US official stressed that the US Agency for International Development is considering increasing humanitarian aid to Iraq, especially in the western and northern parts, which have suffered the most from ISIS terrorist attacks.
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