The Jordanian government has appealed to Turkey’s Amman Embassy to save Maaz Safi Yousef al-Kassasbeh, a 26-year-old pilot who was captured by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkish authorities told daily Hürriyet, confirming media reports.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry, National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and other related institutions have begun to review the details of the incident and will tell Jordan if the country can do anything, sources also said.