On February 1, BBC Arabic and other media sources reported that Jordan's King stressed that the country is expending every effort to free a Jordanian pilot that was captured by ISIS after his plane crashed. The King's statements come after ISIS released a video purporting to show the beheading of a Japanese hostage. A Jordanian minister noted that ISIS refused every attempt to free the Japanese hostage. The hostage's murder has been widely condemned in Japan and released a wave of anger from the public. The ordeal of the captured Jordanian pilot has increased pressure on the Jordanian government over its role in the US led effort to defeat ISIS.

Al Arabiya