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No talks to free Rishawi until Jordan receives proof Kasasbeh is alive –– gov’t

The government on Thursday reiterated that it will not release “prisoner” Sajidah Rishawi unless Jordan receives a proof that the Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh is still alive.

Kingdom needs more int’l aid to sustain services to refugees — King

His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday met New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully over bilateral ties and the latest regional developments.
Muath, not Rishawi, is Jordan’s priority — Judeh

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Wednesday evening Jordan was still waiting for news on the fate of its pilot captured by the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group since December 24, noting that the government started negotiations through third parties to win his freedom some weeks earlier.
Sajida Rishawi resurfaces as bargaining chip 10 years after Amman bombings

Sajida Rishwai, the Iraqi woman who was convicted for her involvement in the 2005 Amman hotel bombings, is back in the headlines 10 years later with the so-called Islamic State group demanding her release to free Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.