The State Department said Wednesday that the U.S. still believes Syria can free American journalist Austin Tice after the country denied holding him.
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Syria denied accusations on Wednesday that it is holding American journalist Austin Tice, who U.S. authorities say was abducted at a checkpoint near"The U.S. issued last week misleading and illogical statements by the American president and secretary of state that included baseless accusations against Syria that it had kidnapped or detained American citizens, including former U.S. Marine Austin Tice," the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"We believe to this very day, that Syria still has the power to release Austin Tice," Price said at a press conference on Wednesday."That is why we are calling on the Syrian regime to do just that." FILE PHOTO - In this image taken from undated video posted to YouTube, American freelance journalist Austin Tice, who had been reporting for American news organizations in Syria until his disappearance in August 2012.and journalist who traveled to Syria in May 2012 to cover the country's civil war before his final year at Georgetown Law School, was abducted in August of that year.
A short video surfaced online weeks after he was detained that showed Tice blindfolded and surrounded by armed men, which his family described as an"unusual group of apparent jihadists."
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