Amman , Jordan ( CNN ) For the first time since an international coalition began striking ISIS , one of its pilots has been shot down and taken captive by the Islamist extremist group . The captured F-16 pilot is Moaz al-Kasasbeh , a member of Jordan 's military , according to his uncle , retired Jordanian Maj. Gen. Fahd al-Kasabeh . A source in Jordan 's armed forces said that the pilot was downed carrying out a mission Wednesday around Raqqa , the militant group 's de facto capital in northern Syria , according to Jordan 's official PETRA news agency . `` Jordan holds the terror organization and those who support it responsible for the safety of the pilot and the preservation of his life , '' the source said . The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had reported earlier Wednesday that ISIS had shot down an unidentified warplane near Raqqa , a city that has been a chief target in the U.S.-led military coalition 's air campaign . Photos purported to be of the downed pilot appeared on an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account , images that Fahd al-Kasabeh said showed his nephew . The retired general told CNN that he 'd asked Maj. Gen. Mansour S. Al Jabour , head of the Royal Jordanian Air Force , to investigate the case and take all necessary actions . Jordan part of international coalition . The international coalition has been conducting airstrike after airstrike against ISIS in Syria since September , an effort that began weeks after first going after the group in neighboring Iraq . In that period , the coalition has claimed many successful hits that have damaged the militant group . But this time , it 's the coalition that has taken a hit . While the United States has been at the head of this coalition , it 's relied on a number of other countries to help militarily as well as to help legitimize the effort internationally . Many nations have signed up to do so in Iraq , whose government is actively partnering with the coalition to target ISIS . But Syria has been a bit more complicated . Officials from the United States and elsewhere support moderate forces in Syria 's years-long civil war trying to unseat President Bashar al-Assad , despite the fact they are both fighting against ISIS . Some Middle Eastern nations , however , have joined the United States in going after ISIS in Syria . Jordan -- which borders Syria , Iraq and Israel , and has a history of working with Washington -- has been notable among them . ISIS ' grisly reputation for atrocities . One big question now becomes what ISIS does with Moaz al-Kasasbeh , now that it has him in captivity . Their track record , unfortunately , speaks for itself . The beheadings of hostages , including American journalist James Foley , was one of the things that spurred the United States to step up its fight against ISIS . Those were just some of the many atrocities blamed on the Sunni extremist group , committed during its quest to create a caliphate -- which it calls the Islamic State -- under its strict form of Sharia law . ISIS has tried to justify its raping and enslaving of women and children , not to mention mass killings of civilians , as part of its campaign to purge `` nonbelievers . '' The Jordanian military source cited by PETRA noted ISIS ' past when talking about its capture of the F-16 pilot . `` It is well-known that this organization does not hide their terrorist schemes , '' the source said . `` And they have carried out many criminal acts of destruction and killing of innocent Muslims and non-Muslims in Syria and Iraq . '' Journalist Hadel Ghaboun reported from Amman , Jordan , and CNN 's Greg Botelho reported and wrote this story from Atlanta . CNN 's Salma Abdelaziz , Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jethro Mullen contributed to this report .
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