New Syria Leaders Vow To Search For Abducted US Journalist Tice

Debra Tice, the mother of missing journalist Austin Tice, said last week her son is believed to be alive (Credit: AFP)

Syria's new leadership said Thursday it was searching for abducted US journalist Austin Tice and had secured the release of another American it said had been held by the ousted government.

In 2022, US President Joe Biden accused Syria of holding Tice, a freelance photojournalist detained near Damascus a decade earlier, and demanded that the government of Bashar al-Assad release him.