Category: Austin Tice

Syria Denies It Is Holding American Journalist Austin Tice

August 17, 2022
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DAMASCUS, Syria—Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him. The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Damascus “denies it had kidnapped or is holding any American citizen on its territories.” “The U.S. issued last week misleading…

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American Journalist Austin Tice Still Missing in Syria After 10 Years, Biden Blames Assad Government

August 11, 2022
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President Joe Biden has said that the United States knows “with certainty” that an American journalist who has been missing for a decade is being held by the Syrian government and has called on leaders in Damascus to release him. Biden made the comments in a statement on Aug. 1o marking the 10-year anniversary of journalist Austin Tice’s captivity. Tice, who…

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Biden to Meet With Parents of Abducted American Journalist Austin Tice

May 2, 2022
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President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday he would meet “today” with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria 10 years ago. Austin Tice was covering the Syrian civil war when he vanished en route to Lebanon in 2012. Five weeks later, a video emerged showing him blindfolded and held…

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