Jordan Vows 'All Efforts' to Secure Pilot's Release

Jordan's King Abdullah II said his country is doing everything it can to rescue the captured Jordanian fighter pilot being held by the Islamic State group. “All efforts in Jordan are being exploited to seek the release of the hero pilot," Muath al-Kaseasbeh, the king said Sunday. Amman renewed its pledge to release an Iraqi insurgent on death row in Jordan, Sajida al-Rishawi, if given proof that the pilot is still alive. The new effort came in the aftermath of the...

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