Mohammed Al-momani

Jordan executed two al-Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, a government spokesman said, just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Worried relatives of a Jordanian fighter pilot asked their government today to be more open about negotiations for his release, after a second Islamic State group hostage was shown beheaded in a video purportedly from the militants.

Jordan executed two al-Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, a government spokesman said, just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Worried relatives of a Jordanian fighter pilot asked their government today to be more open about negotiations for his release, after a second Islamic State group hostage was shown beheaded in a video purportedly from the militants.