DHAKA: Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said their air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets are ‘the beginning of our retaliation’ for the killing of a captured Jordanian pilot.

He said Jordan was going after IS ‘with everything that we have’.

Jordan had previously only bombed militant bases in Syria, but Judeh said the raids now expanded into Iraq, reports the BBC.

This comes after IS released a video showing Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive in a cage.

After Thursday’s strikes, the Jordanian war planes flew over Lt Kasasbeh’s home village.

Their flight coincided with a visit to the village by Jordanian King Abdullah II, who was meeting the pilot’s family.

The king has vowed to the step up the fight against IS. Jordan is part of a US-led coalition bombing the militants.

BDST: 0947 HRS, FEB 06, 2015