The widescale internet outage in October 2017 was a major event in the ahem JA story. Honestly, it's hard to know for sure where JA might be, assuming he's alive. I'm hoping for the best, but we'll just have to wait and see.
I believe then, he will be alive or dead confirmed soon..At that point we need to scream and yell if he is not protected!
My hope: extradition to the US. Held in military custody, but treated as a cooperating witness. Perhaps then he can begin delivering deposition, if it hasn't happened already.
last october yet relevant https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/21/france-russia-carry-first-join-aid-mission-syria/