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A handout picture released by the official Jordanian news agency, Petra, on February 4, 2015 shows King Abdullah II (C), who is also the Supreme Commander of Jordan’s Armed Forces, during a meeting with his security chiefs in Amman after cutting short a visit to the United States, following the gruesome murder of a Jordanian air force pilot by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria. The Jordanian monarch vowed his country will take tough action after hanging two convicted militants on February 4 in response to the burning alive of one of its pilots by the jihadists. AFP PHOTO / HO / PETRA === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HO / PETRA” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===