well andrew simmons takes a look at the background and career of the murdered pilot. >> reporter: moaz al kassasbem was the first jordanian pilot to be captured by isil and killed. his family and friends and supporters have called on the jordanian government to secure his release. [ protesting ] while also voicing opposition to jordan's involvement in the fight against isil. >> our sons are being sent to fight outside of the jordanian border. this is not our business, and the war is outside of the jordanian borders. our son was sent on a military mission in order to be killed. >> reporter: public. in jordan is split over the country's membership of the coalition. but support for the government to negotiate for the pilot's captors had been overwhelming. >> we definitely want the jordanian government to inter convenient. he is jordanian citizen and he is our son. . >> a spokesman said that jordan's stance from the beginning has been to secure the life of left al kassasbeh. in return to the pilot's release, jordan agreed to hand over this woman al cvs hawi, who is on death row for being p

andrew simmons, al jazeera iran. >> steven, people obviously shocked at what's happened. to what extent do they hold shinzo abe responsible? >> let me express my condolences, losing husband father son. one of their citizens in syria and iraq trying to help and cover the plight of weak individuals and refugees in the area became a victim of this hostage crisis. and the gains the hard gains of i.s.i.l. within the region. they look at prime minister abe as being arelatively a strong leader throughout this crisis. in particular jordan and has taken a steadfast approach in terms of not cooperating with these terrorists but trying to find some way to save not only the life of kenji goto and the other hostage but also the pilot in jordan. >> abe has made it clear that he wants to change the constitution so they can send troops abroad. how do you think this will impact upon foreign policy in the country? >> i don't think it will have any impact. that's the sad conclusion of kenji goto's death. not related to the islamic world or hostages in the middle east, it's related to region

. >> andrew simmons, al jazeera iran. >>> spoke to earlier about the japanese feelings in the situation. >> they don't hold prime minister abe responsible in this case. they express shock and wonderment that he would be in syria to cover the plight of the weak in this area, and the gains of i.s.i.l. within the region. they look at prime minister abe as being a relatively strong leader throughout the had crisis trying to coordinate with the countries in the region particularly jordan, not cooperating with the terrorists but trying to save the life of kenji goto and the other hostage but also the pilot in jordan. >>> army and paramilitary groups in nigeria, are trying to repel boko haram, in the northeastern borno state. fearing a larger offensive. let's go on the line to ahmed idris. away more can you tell us ahmed? >> i checked just before coming on air and i could hear explosions and gun shots in the background. the people of midugery are afraid of what might happen, over the last one month or so, people are really, really apprehensive. they fear boko haram might also attack. this atta

andrew simmons, al jazeera. within the united states along with the foreign minister when he heard the news, he now cutting short his visit to return to jordan. let's go life now who is at the state department, in the washington, d.c. rosalyn, what sort of reaction has there been in the u.s. in response to this fuse. >> well, certainly when the king was meeting with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry alongside his foreign minister this morning here in washington they had not heard word that this video of the execution had been released internationally. certainly, now we have confirmed that the king is going to be cutting short his u.s. trip, he had a whole meetings and he is going to instead return to lead his country in mourning the pilot's death. the reaction here in the u.s. is one of solidarity, with the kingdom of jordan, this is the president barack obama speaking earlier on tuesday. >> should in fact this video be authentic, it is just one more indication, of the viciousness and barbarity of this orga

. >> andrew simmons in aman, jordan. i.s.i.l. forced to retreat from two key fronts. after months of fierce fighting, they have better than driven out of kobani. zeina khodr has the story. >> the islamic state of iraq and the levant made its presence felt. three armed men dressed in black detonated a car bomb outside the kasir hotel. before storming the empty building. the attack on friday destabilized the security situation in this northern city. it was part of a coordinated assault that involved the i.s.i.l. fighters attacking kurdish peshmerga positions west and southwest of kirkuk. kurdish peshmerga soldiers told us they ended the siege after a two hour gun battle. but the armed men preferred detonating their exploifer explosive belts rather than getting captured. kurdish commanders here say i.s.i.l.'s objective was to capture the city of kirkuk. it failed to do that but the armed group wants to show it hasn't been defeated. especially since it suffered recent setbacks on the battle grounds. kirkuk has long been a dangerous city. over the decades years various gro

andrew simmons al jazeera, amman. >> jordan's king abdullah is on an official visit to the united states. he's expected to meet with president barack obama shortly. catty cohlane is following developments for us at the white house. this meeting was not originally in the cards. >> reporter: it wasn't, and the white house was asked about that because it is unusual to have a key ally to come to washington and not meet the president. the white house explained he had been just to washington and he met with the president, but obviously the events from today changed the president's schedule. we don't believe that king abdullah has arrived. i hear the sounds of a sizable motorcade, but with the white house you never can tell because there are a lot of different entrances. it looks like the media are lined up and the doors are opening, but we do expect to see the king and president in the oval office and we expect that they'll make statements. we'll bring that to you when it comes out. >> please tell us more about the reaction in washington to this killing of the jordanian pilot. >> well, i think

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simmons who's in jordan in amman jordan. >>> i'm joined by michael kay, international affairs correspondent, and former british officer. and andrew, former director of the counterterrorism center, he's with the rand corporation now. gentlemen, let's start with this. do we have any word, andrew, on the life or death of kayla mueller? >> no, i think sadly, only isis really knows what her fate is. i think it's pretty clear but highly doubtful she was killed in a jordanian air strike. it seems even hard to figure out why isis would announce that she was dead if she's not. but, i mean, it's way too early. there's no proof of it either way. i think we just have to wait. >> is it possible she was killed by them as an execution but wanted to make it look like the result of a jordanian air strike to get a double whammy situation there? >> sure. it's pretty clear to me isis wouldn't know if it was a jordanian air strike or some other air strike. i think it was pure propaganda. i wouldn't trust that at all. but the fact that they announced that she was killed, you know, is meaningful, and and we have to wait for more word. >> secretary of s