Mother mourns US journalist purportedly beheaded by militants in Syria
Published on Aug 20, 2014 10:33 AM
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was purportedly beheaded by Islamic militants, said on Tuesday that her son gave his life to expose the suffering of the Syrian people and she asked his kidnappers to release their other captives.
"He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person," Diane Foley said in a post on a website set up by the Foley family.
James Foley was abducted in Syria in November 2012 while reporting on the conflict there for GlobalPost.
A video released on Tuesday by Islamic State, an Al-Qaeda offshoot that has overrun large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria, appeared to show Foley being beheaded.
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