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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Austin Tice

Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, meets with Debra Tice, left, the mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, left, and Nizar Zakka, head of non-profit Hostage Aid Worldwide, center, in Damascus, Syria, January 20, 2025. (SANA via AP)
January 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
In Syria, mother of missing journalist Austin Tice says Trump team offered help
Debra Tice has ‘productive meeting’ in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Syria’s new administration, whom she describes as ‘dedicated and determined’ to get her son back
By Kareem Chehayeb and Albert Aji
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 5:32 pm
Putin says Israel ‘main beneficiary’ of Syrian rebels’ ousting of Assad
Russian president tells reporters he hopes IDF troops leave buffer zone, but ‘I have the impression that not only are they not going to leave, but they’re going to reinforce’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Marc (L) and Debra Tice, parents of US journalist Austin Tice who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, hold respective dated portraits of him during a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on July 20, 2017. (Joseph Eid/AFP)
December 18, 2024, 8:21 pm
PM tells mom of missing US journalist Israel won’t strike part of Syria he may be in
Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted during the early days of the Syrian civil war, appeals to Netanyahu to ensure no harm comes to him amid strikes on Assad’s military assets
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Austin Tice. (screen capture: YouTube)
December 15, 2024, 6:52 am
Missing US journalist Austin Tice briefly escaped Syrian jail in 2013 — sources
Reporter was recaptured after entering house in Damascus; no sign of Tice yet after fall of Syria’s Assad, with some US officials fearing he may have been killed in Israeli strike
By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay
In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)
December 13, 2024, 8:36 am
Blinken says US working to bring home citizen found in Syrian regime prison
Missouri native Travis Timmerman, who traveled to Syria on Christian pilgrimage in June, says he wasn’t beaten during time in prison, but could hear guards hitting other inmates
By Agencies
Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria, speak during a press conference at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, December 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
August 17, 2022, 2:31 pm
Syria denies it detained US journalist, on 10th anniversary of his disappearance
Biden administration says it knows ‘with certainty’ Syria holding US journalist Austin Tice; Syria labels claims ‘misleading and illogical’
By Albert Aji and Bassam Mroue
Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria for nearly six years, speak during a press conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 4, 2018 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 14, 2020, 2:32 pm
Lebanese general says he visited Syria over missing US reporter Austin Tice
Abbas Ibrahim, said to be facing sanctions for ties to Hezbollah terror group, makes comments after Washington trip where he is thought to have discussed case with officials
By AP
Screen shot of an FBI poster about Austin Bennett Tice, a photojournalist from Texas who disappeared in Syria in August 2012. (FBI)
August 15, 2018, 2:53 am
6 years after capture, US believes journalist Tice still alive in Syria
State Department says it is actively working to bring back freelancer, last seen in 2012 video being held by armed men
By AFP
Austin Tice. (screen capture: YouTube)
June 24, 2016, 2:39 am
Steven Sotloff’s parents implore Obama to bring home missing US journalist
Four families of slain hostages urge president not to leave office without securing release of Austin Tice
By JTA
Austin Tice. (screen capture: YouTube)
May 31, 2013, 8:24 am
Missing journalist’s family asks for Syria’s help
American Austin Tice’s parents plan to travel to Beirut; hope Syrian peace talks hasten son’s release
Austin Tice. (screen capture: YouTube)
October 2, 2012, 5:17 pm
YouTube video is first sign of life from American journalist held in Syria
Freelance journalist Austin Tice, a former US Marine, has been missing since August
August 31, 2012, 8:40 am
Syria: Missing US journalist being held by government, says father
Czech embassy in Syria, representing US interests, reports that Austin Tice is alive, being detained
Lebanese army soldiers run from a sniper at an outdoor market in Tripoli in August. (photo credit: AP)
August 24, 2012, 7:55 pm
Over 20 killed in Syrian regime airstrikes on city near Iraqi border
Shells crash into rebellious Damascus suburb of Daraya as part of days-long government offensive
A Syrian man looks out of the rubble as rescuers, not shown, look for the bodies of two girls thought to be under the rubble of a building hit by a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo in August 2012 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
August 24, 2012, 11:06 am
American reporter in Syria goes silent, raising fears
Washington Post stringer Austin Tice last made contact with family nearly 2 weeks ago from Damascus
By Terry Wallace
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