Overview
- Foley was abducted on November 22, 2012, in north‑west Syria while reporting for GlobalPost.
- ISIS later released a video forcing Foley to read a scripted message asserting the United States was the “real killer” before his execution.
- The six words credited as Foley’s final remark were reported via Cantlie in ISIS’ Dabiq magazine and have not been independently verified.
- Following the video’s release, the U.S. conducted 14 airstrikes targeting ISIS near the Mosul dam, as then‑President Barack Obama condemned the killing.
- The executioner known as Jihadi John was identified as Mohammed Emwazi and killed in a 2015 drone strike, while Alexanda Kotey is serving a life sentence after Diane Foley met him in 2022.