Made a mistake and posted the next paragraph twice. The next posted paragraph should be:
The reported kidnapping is likely to be a new blow to the troubled American program, which in its first year has trained only about 60 fighters, according to an American official — all of them apparently from Mr. Hassan’s group. If it turns out that all seven of Mr. Hassan’s kidnapped comrades were trainees, then there will be only 47 fighters left in Syria from the Pentagon’s training program.
Bad news, everything out of there is bad news. I hope this Commander can be freed. It’s not saying much but Al Nusra isn’t ISIS. It seems strange Al Nusra has released people in the past alright.
Hassan seems to be a common name with Muslims like Smith is in English.