Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice, met with Syrian officials in Damascus seeking new clues about her son's disappearance in 2012. She expressed hope that Syria's new de facto government will assist in finding her son.
Debra Tice, the mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, is visiting the country and meeting with officials in the nation's new de facto government. She is hoping to find new clues as to her son's whereabouts. Tice told reporters in Damascus , Syria's capital, 'We're turning a page in Syria. I think it's prudent for us to have very high hopes and to believe that we're going to be able to engage, and that they're going to want to help us reunite our families.
' Austin Tice disappeared while covering the Syrian civil war after being taken at a checkpoint in the Damascus suburbs in 2012. Tice has been working to engage with Syria's de facto new government to find her son, now 43. She met with Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's de facto leader, and Nizar Zakka, head of non-profit Hostage Aid Worldwide. Sharaa himself was arrested by American forces and held for five years in various detention centers, including Abu Ghraib in Iraq. 'One of the things we talked about with Mr. Sharaa was his own imprisonment,' Tice said. 'They know what we are going through. And as they do their important work, they are trying to make things right for people like us.' Tice said Sharaa pledged to help her and that the new Trump administration had already reached out to offer assistance in finding out what happened to her son. Tice spent more than three months living in Syria in 2014, during which she said she grew to love the country her son reported on. She last visited Syria in 2015, after which the Assad regime did not grant her further visas. 'I know that I come here, I am part of the Syrian mothers,' Tice said, referring to the mothers of tens of thousands of Syrians imprisoned in Assad's extensive prison system. 'And we can sit down and have tea together, and we can also carry out burdens together.
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