{"id":135039,"date":"2024-12-09T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135039"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:10:06","slug":"us-believes-missing-journalist-austin-tice-is-alive-biden-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135039","title":{"rendered":"US believes missing journalist Austin Tice is alive, Biden says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive and that Washington is committed to bringing him home after <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-bashar-assad-war-1468a97ff95bb782f5933856d99c9a8d\">Bashar Assad\u2019s ouster from power in Damascus<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we can get him back,\u201d Biden told reporters at the White House, while acknowledging that \u201cwe have no direct evidence\u201d of his status. \u201cAssad should be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said officials must still identify exactly where Tice is after his disappearance in August 2012 at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve remained committed to returning him to his family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tice, who is from Houston, has had his work published by The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and other outlets.<\/p>\n<p>A video released weeks after Tice went missing showed him blindfolded and held by armed men and saying, \u201cOh, Jesus.\u201d He has not been heard from since. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-middle-east-syria-journalists-bashar-assad-f7e100380b1bc75c3c895858db9edbc5\">Syria has publicly denied<\/a><\/span> that it was holding him.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has no new evidence that Tice is alive, but continues to operate under that assumption, according to a U.S. official. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. will continue to work to identify where he is and to try to bring him home.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Debra, said at a news conference Friday in Washington that the family had information from a \u201csignificant source,\u201d whom she did not identify, establishing that her son was alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is being cared for and he is well \u2014 we do know that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tice family met this past week with officials at the State Department and the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo everyone in Syria that hears this, please remind people that we\u2019re waiting for Austin,\u201d Debra Tice said in comments that hostage advocacy groups spread on social media Sunday. \u201cWe know that when he comes out, he\u2019s going to be fairly dazed and he\u2019s going to need lots of care and direction. 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