(Reuters) - Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State hideouts in Syria on Thursday and then roared over the hometown of a pilot killed by the militants while King Abdullah consoled the victim's family below. Witnesses overheard the monarch telling the pilot's father the...

(Euronews)- The King of Jordan has visited the family of the captured pilot murdered by ISIL militants. King Abdullah II travelled to Karak, south of Amman, to present his condolences. He also promised the family of Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh that his death would...

(Reuters) - The fate of a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State has raised public pressure on King Abdullah over his country's role in the U.S-led military campaign against the hardline group in Syria , fuelling the risk of broader discontent in the U.S. ally. After his...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to meet its new King Salman after the death of his predecessor Abdullah on Friday, testimony to Riyadh's important role in energy markets and the fight against Islamist militancy. Russia's Prime...