Complex sentence: James Wright Foley (October 18,1973August 19,2014) was an American freelance journalist and video reporter of the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22,2012 in northwestern Syria.
Split into simpler sentences: James Wright Foley (October 18,1973August 19,2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. He was working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22,2012 in northwestern Syria.