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The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus on Saturday to step up the search for her son and said she ...
DAMASCUS, Syria — The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria since 2012, said Monday during a visit to the Syrian capital that the incoming Trump administration ...
Debra Tice, mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice, speaks a press conference in Damascus, Syria on Jan. 20, 2025. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption ...
The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, voiced hope that upheaval in Syria would lead to freedom for her son. Debra ...
The administration of former President Barack Obama received another tip in 2016 that Tice had been taken to a hospital in Damascus to receive care for an unknown illness, in what would be his ...
The family of Austin Tice, a former Marine turned journalist who was kidnapped by jihadist militants in 2012 while reporting in Syria, say he is still alive, citing a “significant source." ...
The mother of Austin Tice, who was taken captive in Syria in 2012, ... "The U.S. government has made the decision that they're not going into Damascus. So, my feeling is, ...
W ASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said Friday that she was confident her son was alive, citing information she said ...
Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him. By Erika Solomon The U.S. officials in ...
“I have great hope that the Trump administration will sincerely engage in diligent work to bring Austin home,” mother Debra Tice said at a Monday news conference in Damascus ...
Despite initial reports Wednesday that the American found in Damascus might be Austin Tice, Debra Tice said, she knew instantly it wasn't her son. "My oldest daughter came into my room at 4:25 and ...
Debra Tice, mother of journalist Austin Tice who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012, speaks after an interview with Reuters in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 18, 2025.