Austin Bennett Tice (born August 11, 1981) is an American freelance journalist and a veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 13, 2012. [5] He is the longest-held American journalist.

Dec 13, 2024 · DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held.

Dec 6, 2024 · The family of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist held in Syria since 2012, said they have new confirmation that he remains alive and well.

Tice is a Houston native who went missing 12 years ago in Syria while covering the country’s ongoing civil war as a freelance journalist for the Washington Post, McClatchy News and other publications.

6 days ago · CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on Debra Tice’s search for her son, Austin, who was taken at a regime checkpoint in Syria in 2012 and disappeared in the prisons of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Dec 10, 2024 · Austin Tice went missing during a reporting trip in Syria in 2012. His release is a top priority for the U.S. government following a rebel group's ouster of Syrian President...

Dec 9, 2024 · President Joe Biden says the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive and Washington is committed to bringing him home after Bashar Assad’s ouster from power.

Dec 6, 2024 · The family of Austin Tice, the American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria in 2012, said it has been in contact with a "significant source" that confirmed he is alive and well.

Dec 6, 2024 · Washington — The family of Austin Tice, the freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Syria more than 12 years ago, said they have been told that he is alive and well, and...

Jan 20, 2025 · Mother of journalist Austin Tice visits Syria for clues to son’s fate. Debra Tice’s visit to Syria was the latest leg in her long quest to learn the fate of her son Austin.