He embraced Safi al-Kasasbeh and promised vengeance for his son’s death. He delivered it the same day in the form of airstrikes on ISIS’ claimed capital of Raqqa in Syria.
Thirty Jordanian warplanes destroyed terrorist training camps and weapons depots, Jordan’s military said Thursday.
Their operation was called “Moath the Martyr,” named after the deceased pilot.
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• Ziad Karbouli was a former top aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the deceased leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, an ISIS forerunner.
CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reported from Jordan and Ben Brumfield wrote this report from Atlanta. CNN’s Greg Botelho, Ali Younes, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Barbara Starr, Jessica King and Samira Said contributed to this report.
