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US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

Rep. Al Green, right, listens as Samar Hamwi, sister of Majd Kamalmaz, speaks during the Bring Our Families Home Campaign, a campaign led by family members of Americans wrongfully detained or h

US officials have informed the daughter of an American citizen who disappeared in Syria seven years ago that they have credible intelligence suggesting his death. The man, Majd Kamalmaz, a psychotherapist from Texas, went missing in February 2017 while traveling to visit a family member in Syria.

During a recent meeting in Washington, the daughter, Maryam Kamalmaz, was presented with detailed intelligence indicating that her father had likely died early in his captivity. Officials expressed a high level of confidence in the information, rating it a “high nine” on a scale of one to ten.

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