'If you're desperate and if you know you are losing, and you know you want to give up your life, then obviously you can do some harm,' Kerry said

Secretary Of State John Kerry spoke about the attack while at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado Tuesday

But Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said all initial indications pointed to ISIS

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that killed up to 50 people Tuesday at Istanbul's Ataturk airport

Secretary Of State John Kerry said ISIS had begun targeting airports as an act of despair in the face of defeat, hours after the attack that left up to 50 dead in Istanbul, Turkey.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the shootings and bombings at Ataturk airport but Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said all initial indications pointed to ISIS.

Kerry spoke about the attack Tuesday evening while at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, referring to ISIS as Daesh, CBS News reported.

'It has been more than one year since Daesh has actually launched a full scale military offensive, and that's because our coalition is moving relentlessly on every front,' he said.

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Secretary of State John Kerry (pictured in London Monday) said that ISIS had begun targeting airport because they felt desperate in the face of defeat, after the attack that left up to 50 dead in Istanbul, Turkey

'Now, yes, you can bomb an airport, you can blow yourself up. That's the tragedy,' Kerry continued.

'And if you're desperate and if you know you are losing, and you know you want to give up your life, then obviously you can do some harm.'

The Secretary Of State said officials were still collecting information and trying to determine what happened and who perpetrated the attack.

Three terrorists sprayed the crowd with bullets before detonating three bombs, injuring more than 140 people.

Three terrorists sprayed the crowd with bullets before detonating three bombs at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Tuesday. Pictured, passengers embrace each other after the attack

No one immediately claimed responsibility after the attack at Ataturk airport (pictured as forensic police work at the scene) but Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said all initial indications pointed to ISIS

The death toll was expected to rise to 50 as of Tuesday night according to Turkish authorities. Pictured, policemen stand guard outside the airport

The death toll was expected to rise to 50 as of Tuesday night according to Turkish authorities.

'I won't comment further on it except to say that this is daily fare and that's why I say the first challenge we need to face is countering non-state violent actors, for a host of reasons,' Kerry added Tuesday.

The attackers arrived to the airport in a taxi Tuesday before the attacks, according to Yildirim, who said the three opened fire before blowing themselves up.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged other nations to join the fight against terror after the attack.

He said: 'If states, as all humanity, fail to join forces and wage a joint fight against terrorist organisations, all the possibilities that we dread in our minds will come true one by one.'

Kerry said officials were still collecting information and trying to determine what happened and who perpetrated the attack. Pictured, a woman sits outside Ataturk airport early on Wednesday

'This is daily fare and that's why I say the first challenge we need to face is countering non-state violent actors, for a host of reasons,' Kerry added. Pictured, a man takes pictures of a broken window at Ataturk airport