Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Relatives of the Jordanian pilot who was captured by ISIS forces in Syria congregate in front of his family's home in the Jordanian city of Karak on December 24, 2014.

Jordanians worry about the fate of their pilot captured by ISIS

December 24, 2014Conflict

A Jordanian pilot has been captured by ISIS after his plane went down in northern Syria. The news has Jordanians worried for their countryman and rallying around the anti-ISIS mission like never before.

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