U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Iraq to take action to stop Iranian flights carrying arms to the Assad regime through Iraqi airspace. Kerry made the comments during a surprise visit to Baghdad, where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

John Kerry: “I made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged in an effort to see President Assad step down and to see a democratic process take hold with a transitional government according to the Geneva communiqué, for those of us engaged in that effort, anything that supports President Assad is problematic. And I made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from Iran are in fact helping to sustain
President Assad and his regime.”