Kerry: Syrian conflict is unfolding humanitarian catastrophe unmatched since World War II

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Tuesday, that the international effort to eliminate the so-called the Islamic State in Iraqi and Syria (ISIS) is going in the right direction, while warned of ISIS attempts to control over new countries, especially Libya.

Kerry also called for the necessity to support the stability in Libya and Iraq, while described the situation in Syria as unfolding humanitarian catastrophe unmatched since World War II.

John Kerry met with the representatives of more than 20 countries that participate in the international coalition in the Italian capital Rome to discuss ways to strengthen the campaign against ISIS and said, “The international effort to eliminate ISIS is going in the right direction.”

Kerry added, “An international coalition is pushing back Islamic State militants in their Syrian and Iraqi strongholds, but the group is threatening Libya and could seize the nation’s oil wealth,” pointing out that, “New agreement to be concluded in order to form a new national unity government in Libya to prevent the possibility of the occurrence of this scenario.”

“We are still not at the victory that we want to achieve, and will achieve, in either Syria or Iraq and we have seen ISIS playing a game of metastasizing out to other countries, particularly Libya,” Kerry continued.