Via AFP:

Syria has become a "huge sectarian mess" with rebel infighting and Al-Qaeda's growing strength complicating the US search for a political settlement of the conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged Sunday.

Kerry said Washington was relying on diplomacy to make an impact on the situation, citing plans for a peace conference next month in Geneva and efforts underway to eliminate the Syrian regime's chemical weapons.

"No one really wants to go to war in Syria because it's a huge sectarian, you know, mess, with all kinds of implications," he said in an interview with ABC's...