The fate of pilot Lieutenant Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh and fellow hostage Japanese journalist Kenji Goto was unknown late Thursday after a deadline set by the Islamic State group in a proposed prisoner exchange expired at sunset Thursday.
Islamic State Threatens Two Foreign Hostages
![A man walks past a TV screen broadcasting a news program about IS hostages Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh (top R) and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto (top C), along a street in Tokyo, Jan. 29, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9c9f352c-85b4-4a08-8959-d0fb69be9f07_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A man walks past a TV screen broadcasting a news program about IS hostages Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh (top R) and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto (top C), along a street in Tokyo, Jan. 29, 2015.
![Jordan's government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani speaks to the media after a closed door meeting of the parliamentary government in the House of Representatives in Amman, Jan. 29, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/55c4065b-485c-4199-9dfc-3127ff864904_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Jordan's government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani speaks to the media after a closed door meeting of the parliamentary government in the House of Representatives in Amman, Jan. 29, 2015.
![The border crossing at Akcakale, Turkey, the proposed site of a prisoner exchange involving Japan, Jordan and the Islamic State group on Thursday.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0f3a8f7e-0642-4a94-b4ec-3cab8cb7c95e_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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The border crossing at Akcakale, Turkey, the proposed site of a prisoner exchange involving Japan, Jordan and the Islamic State group on Thursday.
![Television news crews, reporters and bystanders traveled to the border crossing at Akcakale, Turkey, the proposed site of a prisoner exchange involving Japan, Jordan and the Islamic State group.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6217676-ce48-4a18-ba09-597965f5ba12_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Television news crews, reporters and bystanders traveled to the border crossing at Akcakale, Turkey, the proposed site of a prisoner exchange involving Japan, Jordan and the Islamic State group.