WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials have asked a Lebanese general for help securing the freedom of Austin Tice, a journalist missing in Syria since 2012, as well as five other Americans held in the Middle East, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanon’s General Security Directorate, met with Roger Carstens, the U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs, on May 23 “to discuss U.S. citizens who are missing or detained in Syria,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. Ibrahim also held meetings with White House and U.S. intelligence officials.
“Of course, we talked about the case of Austin Tice,” Price said.
