Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Wednesday, February 4, 2015

IS replays pilot’s death on big screens

4 February 2015, 2:01 pm Edit

In Raqaa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria, Islamic State fighters gleefully play footage of the death of Jordanian pilot Lt. Moaz Kasasbeh on big-screen televisions, according to Syrian activists in the city.

Before dawn Wednesday, Jordan executed two al-Qaeda prisoners, hours after IS posted video of the pilot’s death.

The sister, right, and wife, left, of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, cry at a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, Jan. 28, 2015. Jordan offered a first-ever prisoner swap to the terrorist group to save al-Kaseasbeh, along with a Japanese hostage. (Photo credit: Raad Adayleh/AP)

The sister, right, and wife, left, of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muaz Kasasbeh, cry at a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, Jan. 28, 2015 (Photo credit: Raad Adayleh/AP)

— AP

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