Jordan willing for swap over after IS beheading of Japan hostage Goto

Relatives of Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh ask the government for release of the pilot

The gruesome act of the IS by beheading the Japanese captive has forced Jordan to swap over its pilot with an Iraqi prisoner.

The pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was captured when his plane came down in December on a mission to support the US-led, anti-IS military coalition.

Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momeni told the official Petra news agency the administration was doing "everything it can to save the life and secure the release of its pilot".

Read more about it at: BBC
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