Complex sentence: James Wright Foley (October 18,1973--c. August 19,2014) was an American freelance photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost when he was abducted on November 22,2012 in northwestern Syria.
Split into simpler sentences: James Wright Foley (October 18,1973--c. August 19,2014) was an American freelance photojournalist. He was covering the Syrian Civil War for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost when he was abducted on November 22,2012 in northwestern Syria.