BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) welcomed any Iranian military action against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Iraq as "positive" after the Pentagon said Tehran had carried out air strikes against the group.
Kerry, hosting a meeting of an anti-IS coalition in Brussels, said international air strikes were finally stopping the advance of the jihadists across Iraq and Syria, but said it could take years to defeat them.
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