Overview

• Majd Kamalmaz, a psychotherapist from Texas, disappeared in Syria in 2017.
• U.S. officials recently provided his family with highly credible intelligence confirming his death.
• The intelligence suggests Kamalmaz died of heart failure early during his captivity.
• Attempts to negotiate the release of American detainees in Syria have been unsuccessful.
• Kamalmaz is one of several Americans who have vanished in Syria, including journalist Austin Tice.