News. AP. Retrieved 3 September 2014. one [hostage] is a 26-year-old woman who was kidnapped while doing humanitarian aid work in Syria, according to a family representative who asked that the hostage not be identified out of fear for her safety. ↑ https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/266771.htm ↑ "'Jihadi John' identified as Mohammed Emwazi".