The high-level prisoner swap that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner this week has placed a spotlight on another Texan imprisoned abroad, journalist Austin Tice.
Tice, a former U.S. Marine, was abducted in Syria in August 2012 shortly after his 31st birthday. The Houston native disappeared at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus.
A video released a month later showed him blindfolded and held by armed men, saying, “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since. Syrian officials have repeatedly denied detaining Tice, but President Joe Biden has said “we know with certainty that the Syrian government is holding Tice.”
