Freelance journalist Austin Tice, now 40, was detained in August 2012 during the civil war in Syria. His parents are “100% certain” their son is alive.
The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist detained in Syria for nearly a decade, are"100% certain" their son is alive. Marc and Debra Tice met with President Biden last week at the White House.
Freelance journalist Austin Tice, now 40, was detained in August 2012 during the civil war in Syria. His work has appeared in the The Washington Post, McClatchy and on CBS News. At the time of his disappearance, few western journalists reported from Syria because of the dangers of the war and brutality of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
"It was an uplifting, informative and very collaborative kind of meeting," Mark Tice said."We didn't meet the president, we met The Tices praised Mr. Biden for his engagement on and knowledge of their son's circumstances. "What the Syrians have been asking for since 2014 is the only thing we've asked for, which is that direct engagement," Debra Tice said.
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