Athens on Wednesday issued the following announcement with regard to the brutal execution of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh by the fanatic terrorists that go by the name ISIS.

“We are shocked at the barbaric and brutal murder of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh by the terrorist organization ISIS – an act inconceivable in its barbarity and horror. We express our deep condolences to the victim’s family, to the friendly Jordanian people and to the Jordanian government.

“We assure all the governments and peoples of the region who are suffering under the terrorist threat of ISIS that Greece will be unrelenting in its assistance of their efforts to confront the so-called “Islamic State”, a barbaric terrorist and criminal organization that acts with utter contempt for human life and without being bound by the principles of civilization or the humanitarian values of any religion.”

 Background

After the horrible execution of a second Japanese hostage by the ISIS jihadists, the extremists carried out their threat to kill the Jordanian pilot in their custody.

According to Al Arabiya network, the young Jordanian pilot, who was being held hostage in terrorist-controlled northeast, Syria was executed on Feb. 3,  in the most heinous way. After the Jihadists put him in a large cage, they poured gasoline on him and lit him on fire.