Father of captured pilot asks IS to treat him well
The father of the Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group appealed Saturday to the militants to treat his son well and with respect.
The pilot, 1st Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh, was taken captive on Dec. 24 after his F-16 fighter jet crashed near the extremists' de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria. The 26-year-old Jordanian is the first known foreign military pilot to fall into the militants' hands since the US-led international coalition began its aerial campaign against the IS in September.
