The father of murdered Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh on Wednesday called on the international community to wipe out the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and offered his condolences to King Abdullah II.
In an interview with Jordanian state-run television, Safi al-Kasaesbeh said that he had met with the Hashemite monarch twice since his son had been captured by ISIS on December 24. Once meeting included Crown Prince Hussein, the Jordan Times reported.
“The King told me he was following up personally on Muath’s case,” the pilot’s father told the interviewer. “He said ‘Crown Prince Hussein, may God protect him, is no dearer to me than Muath.’
“Today I offer my condolences to His Majesty over the death of his son Muath, and I implore the Almighty to grant his other son [Prince] Hussein long life,” he said.
The bereaved father added that his son was the son of all Jordan and all Jordanians, and that he “feels the loss at every Jordanian home.” Jordanians need to unite behind their leaders and military forces, he said, to fight terrorism and those who target Jordan.