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This is the moment Queen Rania of Jordan consoled the grief-stricken wife of the pilot brutally murdered by ISIS.
Devastated Anwar Tarawneh sobbed as she was comforted by the royal after the pair met at the couple's family home, near the southern town of Karak.
Pictures of the tearful meeting emerged after the widow revealed that she learned of her husband's death when she read a Facebook post saying: 'Rest in peace, Muath [Moaz]'.
Anwar Tarawneh had been married to Moaz al-Kasasbeh for just five months when he was captured by ISIS.
The meeting came as Jordan said its warplanes had launched dozens of new airstrikes against the Islamic State group after vowing a harsh response to Lt al-Kasasbeh's death.
Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh warned this was just the start of its offensive against the terror group, vowing to 'go after them with everything that we have'.
Anwar Tarawneh, collapsed and was admitted to hospital after she saw a post that read: 'Rest in peace, Muath [Moaz]'
She also told of how her husband had felt uneasy on the day of his final flight, saying that he hoped there would be a fog so he wouldn't have to fly.
She said: 'He had the feeling something would go wrong. It was strange, he had never said that before.'
That was on December 24. Just hours later, the F-16 fighter jet Kasasbeh was shot down over ISIS-controlled territory in Syria.
Soon afterwards, the terror group revealed he was being held prisoner.
Jordan's King Abdullah II hugs Saif al-Kassasbeh, father of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, during a trip to the family's ancestral home. 
The photo above shows a sombre-looking King (right) sitting alongside Moaz al-Kasasbeh's father Saif (left) as he paid tribute to the murdered pilot.
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