Jordan Carries Out 56 Anti-ISIL Airstrikes in Three Days

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – In three days, Jordan conducted 56 airstrikes on hideouts and logistics sites of the Islamic State militant group, Jordan's Air Force head General Mansour Jbour said Sunday.

According to the official, Jordan accounted for around 20 percent of the anti-Islamic State coalition attacks carried out so far.

"We are determined to wipe them [Islamic State] from the face of the Earth," Jbour said, as quoted by the BBC.

Nearly 20 percent of insurgents' capabilities were degraded in attacks, concentrated on the Syrian city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the Islamic extremists.

"We achieved what we aimed at," Jbour said.

Jordan has upped airstrikes against IS militants after the jihadists posted a video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned to death in a cage. IS had been holding the pilot hostage since his plane crashed in Syria in December 2014.

On Saturday, the United Arab Emirates deployed a squadron of F-16 fighter jets in Jordan to support its mission in the US-led coalition against jihadists.

The Islamic State is an insurgent group that has captured large areas of Syria and Iraq, and proclaimed a caliphate on the regions under its control. The group is infamous for human rights atrocities, including executions of foreign nationals.

A coalition of more than 60 countries led by the United States has been carrying out airstrikes on militants' positions in an attempt to end their advance.