US secretary of state John Kerry makes surprise visit to Iraq
US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a surprise visit to Iraq to urge its leaders to do more to prevent planes from neighbouring Iran flying through its airspace to supply arms and ammunition to the Syrian government, and to discuss the sectarian conflict still plaguing the country ten years after the US ousted the Saddam Hussein regime.
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Foreign Minister of Canada John Baird at the US Department of State in Washington, DC on February 8, 2013.