On the hills of Al Karak in Jordan, a delegation of senior Christian clergy show their solidarity with a prominent Sunni family.<br/> <br />Their 26-year-old son, pilot First Lieutenant Muath al-Kassasbeh, was taken prisoner by Islamic State fighters when his warplane came down over Syria.<br/> <br />His father has been pleading for his safe release.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATHER OF CAPTURED JORDANIAN PILOT MUATH, SAFI AL KASASBEH, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I call on the brothers of the Islamic State ... to treat my son well and to consider him as their own son and a guest on the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohammad."<br/> <br />Jordan is one of several countries participating in a U.S.-led coalition that's been bombing IS targets in Syria for months now, and al-Kassasbeh is the first known Islamic State captive from that coalition.
