Five ISIS Members Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Jordan For Terrorism

Five members of ISIS were sentenced to death by a Jordanian court on Wednesday for terrorism.

The five men were found guilty of terrorism, manufacturing explosives, recruiting terrorists, and the possession of weapons for the use of terrorism.

The terrroists were part of an ISIS cell that was dismantled in March during a security operation in Irbid, which is near the Syrian border.

During the operation, a member of the Jordanian security forces was killed.

Jordan is part of a coalition of nations fighting ISIS, and has carried out numerous air strikes against the Islamic State. In 2015, Moaz al-Kasaesbeh, a pilot in the Jordanian air force, was captured by ISIS and burned alive in a video released by the terrorist organization.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II intensified his attack on ISIS following the brutal death of the Jordanian pilot saying, “It is our war. It has been for a long time,” in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.

This year, Jordan has been attacked by jihadis four times.

The five ISIS members will receive death by hanging.

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THE NATIONAL, December 28, 2016

AMMAN // A Jordanian court sentenced five members of an ISIL cell to death by hanging on Wednesday for acts of terrorism.

The state security court in Amman also handed jail terms of between three and 15 years to another 16 Jordanians in the same case.

They were found guilty of deadly “acts of terrorism”, the manufacture of explosives and “possession of weapons and ammunition for use in terrorist acts” and recruiting people for “terrorist organisations”.

The group of 21 were members of an ISIL cell that was broken up in March during a large-scale security operation in the northern town of Irbid, near the border with Syria.

Seven suspected militants and a member of the Jordanian security forces were killed during the operation.