Tag: Jordan

The mother of Jordanian pilot Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh holds a picture of her son, who is held by Islamic State group militants, in a car during a sit-in in front of the cabinet offices in Amman, Jordan. (AP/Raad Adayleh)

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Obama calls Islamic State morally ‘bankrupt’ after apparent killing of Jordanian pilot

Brian Hughes · February 3, 2015 6:23 pm

Islamic State video appears to show Jordanian pilot being burned alive

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Islamic State video appears to show Jordanian pilot being burned alive

Kelly Cohen · February 3, 2015 5:53 pm

Members of Al-Kaseasbeh, the tribe of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, carry posters with his picture and Arabic that reads "we are all Muath," at the captured pilot's tribal gathering divan, in his home town of Karak, Jordan, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Jordan vows to save pilot captured by Islamic State

Kelly Cohen · February 1, 2015 6:53 pm

Islamic State beheads second Japanese captive

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Islamic State beheads second Japanese captive

Justin Green · January 31, 2015 10:25 pm

White House: Bergdahl swap different from Jordan’s

White House: Bergdahl swap different from Jordan’s

Susan Crabtree · January 28, 2015 8:02 pm

Japanese prisonerÂ Kenji Goto Jogo holding a photo of his beheaded fellow captive in new Islamic State video. (Photo by SITE)

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Islamic State beheads Japanese prisoner

Justin Green · January 24, 2015 6:22 pm

Jordan’s Fight Against the Islamic State Remains Complicated

Jordan’s Fight Against the Islamic State Remains Complicated

David Schenker · January 14, 2015 10:48 am

In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 photo, bodies of Islamic State militants killed during fighting on Wednesday, when Kurdish forces pushed towards Sinjar Mountain, lie in a ditch in Koban, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces battling Islamic State militants managed on Thursday to open up a corridor to the mountain so that thousands of people from the country's Yazidi minority who have been trapped there can flee, said a senior Kurdish official. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)

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Islamic State did not shoot down plane, but is holding Jordanian pilot captive, U.S. says

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 9:38 pm

Castro, Cuba, Obama—and Iran

Elliott Abrams · December 17, 2014 5:01 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday in Tel Aviv, according to the Jerusalem Post. (AP Photo)

Elizabeth Warren goes to Israel

Kelly Cohen · November 25, 2014 2:28 pm

Obama aims for broader coalition against Islamic State

Obama aims for broader coalition against Islamic State

Susan Crabtree · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., the ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, commended the five Arab countries who have joined in on the airstrikes while others offered limited praise while continuing to slam President Obama for failing to take action sooner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans offer tepid praise for airstrikes in Syria

Susan Crabtree · September 23, 2014 1:50 pm