| A new video released by Islamic State militants on Tuesday purported to show the execution of a Jordanian air force pilot, who in a new show of brutality is burned to death, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity. |
| The pilot, First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was captured by the Islamic State on Dec. 24, after his F-16 fighter jet went down over northern Syria. His captivity has transfixed his home country, where the 26-year-old pilot comes from a prominent tribe. |
| His government had hoped to trade a woman incarcerated for a 2005 bombing, but the talks fell apart when ISIS insisted it would only provide proof the pilot was still living in return for the female prisoner. |
| The 22-minute, 34-second video shows footage of Jordan’s role in the coalition against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. At the end of the video, the captive pilot stands inside a cage and is burned alive by the fighters. |
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