Austine Tice is an independent photojournalist who was working for Agence France-Presse, McClatchy News, The Washington Post, CBS and other wire service when he was apprehended at a checkpoint in Daraya, a residential area of Damascus, on August 14, 2012
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Debra Tice, mom of reporter Austin Tice who vanished while reporting in Syria in 2012. Reuters
The mom of Austin Tice, the American reporter abducted in Syria in 2012, informed press reporters Friday that her boy is thought to be alive and is being “dealt with well,” without offering additional information.
“We have from a considerable source that has actually currently been vetted all over our federal government, Austin Tice lives, Austin Tice is dealt with well,” Debra Tice, surrounded by relative, informed a press conference in Washington.
“We wish to be extremely cautious about what we share. He is being looked after and he is well, we do understand that,” she included.
Tice is an independent photojournalist who was working for Agence France-Presse, McClatchy News, The Washington Post, CBS and other wire service when he was apprehended at a checkpoint in Daraya, a residential area of Damascus, on August 14, 2012.
Little details has actually been revealed given that his kidnapping. He appeared blindfolded in a video in September 2012, when he was 31, however the identity of the abductors stays unidentified to this day.
In 2022, United States President Joe Biden implicated Syria of holding Tice and gotten in touch with its federal government to assist protect his release. Damascus rejected it was keeping any Americans hostage, consisting of Tice.
Tice’s mom decreased to state where Tice may be held and included that “diplomacy” will assist win her child’s flexibility.
“Words not bombs, words not weapons– that is how Austin is going to get home,” she stated.
On Friday, White House spokesperson Karine Je