At the time speculation arises ,Will President Barack Obama authorize directing U.S. air strikes , a U.S. military official said that these moves are focused on the protection of the Americans in Iraq, including civilians.

The official, who asked not to be named said according to the report published by Reuters , seen by "Shafaq News", that "this is not to (prepare) for the air strikes."

The spokesman of the Pentagon , Admiral John Kirby said that about 200 troops have arrived on Sunday to Iraq to bolster security at the U.S. Embassy and its facilities and support Baghdad International Airport. It is scheduled to send 100 more troops to Baghdad "to provide security and logistical support."

The official said, "I think that there is an appropriate amount of attention on the airport and pointed out that the airport is a vital center of transformation.”

The Pentagon said that it will send a small number of helicopters and drones to Iraq.

This comes in addition to 300 advisers in which Obama ordered to send them to Iraq to take charge of the establishment of two joint operations. They will also assess how the United States can provide additional support. There are already 180 of these advisers in Iraq.

A U.S. official who asked not to be named, said the United States is also considering the establishment of a new center for the joint military operations in the northwestern of Kurdistan region .

The official said that a final decision had not been taken in this regard, but the center of the new processes will be the second of its kind held by the United States since the deterioration of the security situation in Iraq earlier this month, which could be based in Dohuk province in the far north of Iraq, near Syria and Turkey .

The U.S. soldiers have similar joint operations center in Baghdad collect  information about the situation on the ground and oversee the American soldiers who are evaluating the capabilities of the Iraqi army in the field.

It was not immediately clear whether U.S. soldiers in joint operations center will work primarily with new Kurdish Peshmerga forces that protect the long-standing Kurdish enclave or whether they will cooperate with the forces of the Iraqi army under the command of Baghdad.