Kerry says fighting Daesh needs to be coordinated
US Secretary of State John Kerry has stressed the need for a coordinated effort to uproot the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group in the Middle East.
"I think the critical thing is that all of the efforts need to be coordinated. This is not yet coordinated. I think we have concerns about how we are going to go forward," he told reporters on Sunday, according to Reuters.
Kerry made the remarks before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the 70th UN General Assembly in New York.
According to the US State Department, the two diplomats are expected to discuss Russia’s military buildup in Syria, as well as the Ukraine crisis.
On Saturday, Kerry said that he deemed this year’s UN General Assembly as an opportunity for progress towards ending Syria's years-long conflict.
"I view this week as a major opportunity for any number of countries to play an important role in trying to resolve some of the very difficult issues of the Middle East," Kerry told reporters.
The Obama administration’s strategy in Syria has come under withering bipartisan criticism following damning testimonies by military leaders.
Russia has stepped up its role in recent weeks by moving warplanes, artillery units, tanks and hundreds of troops to an airfield in the western port city of Latakia.
Washington accuses Moscow of seeking to establish a military outpost in Syria to boost the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which the White House says is “completely at odds with actually trying to go after the extremist threat.”
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since March 2011. More than 240,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced in the conflict that has been largely fueled by the foreign-sponsored militancy.
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