AMMAN - Jordan said on Sunday it was still ready to hand over a jailed Iraqi militant to Islamic State in a swap deal if its captured pilot was released, even after a second Japanese hostage was beheaded by the hardline group.
Jordan's security and military agencies were making constant checks to see whether the pilot, Muath al-Kasaesbeh, was still alive, government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told Reuters.
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