American Diplomat Traveling to Syria in Efforts to Bring Journalist Austin Tice Home

December 9, 2024 TruthUSA

The freelancer was captured in Syria in 2012. A video from that year shows him in captivity. The Assad government denied holding him captive.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Envoy Roger Carstens is currently in Syria in an effort to bring journalist Austin Tice back home after 12 years in captivity, as reported by State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Dec. 9, stating that “intensive efforts are underway.”

This development follows the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime over the weekend. Tice’s mother, Debra Tice, affirmed that her son is alive, referencing a reliable source.

“He is being looked after and is in good health—we have confirmation of that,” she mentioned on Dec. 6 at the National Press Club in Washington.

Debra Tice and her husband, Marc Tice, expressed optimism about their son’s safe return ina statement released by the Press Freedom Center of the club on Dec. 9.

“As we witness families being reunited in Syria after years of separation, we believe this is achievable for our family as well. Austin Tice is alive in Syria, and it is time for him to come home,” she insisted. “We eagerly await seeing Austin released and urge anyone who can assist in his safe return to do so for the sake of our family.”