ISIS shoots down Jordanian warplane, captures pilot

Islamic State militants captured a Jordanian pilot on Wednesday after shooting down his warplane over Syria. The aircraft was involved in strikes in and around the de facto ISIS capital of Raqqa. It was the first aircraft the U.S.-led coalition has lost since launching attacks against the jihadist group in September. ISIS said it shot down the jet with a heat-seeking missile, and released a photograph showing the pilot, Flight Lt. Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh, with his captors.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.