US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East on Tuesday to launch a diplomatic offensive aimed at building a coalition against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

The senior US diplomat left Washington Tuesday morning headed for Amman, the first stop on his tour which begins Wednesday.

Following his stop in Baghdad, which coincided with several explosions, Kerry headed to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for two days of meetings involving officials from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey and the six countries which comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman.

The top US diplomat, touring the Middle East to establish a coalition of more than 40 countries, is to meet with counterparts from 10 key Arab nations and Turkey on measures to defeat the jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

US Embassy in Beirut denied to MTV Website any speculation regarding a possible pit stop visit to Lebanon, whilst the Former Lebanese Ambassador to Washington Abdullah Abou Habib assured MTV Website that Lebanon is in no need for an American interference against ISIS which implies that a visit by Kerry is currently unnecessary.

As for Lebanon's share in the anti-ISIS strategy declared by Obama, Abou Habib stressed that Lebanon is indeed concerned as it has been targeted by the terrorist organization, noting that hadn't it been for some politicians' lack of wisdom, the soldiers would not have been captured.