Overview

• Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012, is believed by U.S. officials to still be alive, though no direct evidence confirms this.
• The U.S. State Department has called on Syrian rebel groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, to assist in locating Tice as they liberate prisons in Damascus following the collapse of the Assad regime.
• A former Syrian prisoner reported seeing Tice in a Damascus intelligence facility as recently as 2022, describing him as alive but in poor condition during his detention.
• The U.S. has increased its reward for information leading to Tice's recovery to $10 million and is engaging regional allies in efforts to secure his release.
• Tice's family remains hopeful as they urge anyone with information to assist, drawing parallels to the reunification of other families with loved ones freed from Assad's prisons.