Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria are “on the run,” Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday in reaction to the recent terror attack in Nice, France.
“They are on the run, and I believe what we are seeing are the desperate actions of an enemy that sees the noose closing around them,” Kerry told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
The administration has repeatedly sought to portray the escalating number of attacks as evidence that Islamic State is up against a wall.
Kerry added that radical Islamic militants are “under huge pressure” and the recent terror attacks in Nice and Orlando, Fla. suggest the Islamic State is getting weaker. “If you’re saying that one person standing up one day and killing people is an example of ISIS moving in Iraq and Syria, I think you’re dead wrong,” he said.
He continued, “If people are inspired, they are inspired. But ISIL, which is based in Iraq and Syria, is under huge pressure, and that’s a fact.”
French authorities have continued to make arrests related to the Nice attack and have not ruled out the possibility of a conspiracy.
