CAIRO —Arab states must unite to confront the threat posed by the militants of the Islamic State, the secretary-general of the Arab League told member foreign ministers Sunday.

Nabil Arabi’s comments in the Egyptian capital came as the Obama administration seeks to put together a coalition to act against the radical Sunni Muslim militia, which has executed two American journalists in recent weeks and seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.

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