Overview

• Top-secret Syrian files and former regime officials confirm Tice was held in a Damascus detention facility beginning in 2012.
• He briefly escaped custody by squeezing through a cell window but was recaptured, and the Assad government denied detaining him.
• Since Assad’s ouster in December, President Biden and Tice’s mother, Debra, have publicly expressed confidence that he remains alive.
• On May 14 in Riyadh, President-elect Trump met Syria’s new president and reiterated the U.S. commitment to finding Tice.
• The U.S. government has raised its reward and stepped up intelligence operations to gather actionable information on his whereabouts.