Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Summary
US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a planned operation approved by then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a BBC investigation. New evidence shows the abduction was deliberate, involving regime loyalists and a driver spying on Tice before he was taken.Key Facts
- Austin Tice, a journalist and former US Marine, disappeared in Syria in 2012 while reporting on the civil war.
- Many thought his kidnapping was accidental, but the BBC found it was carefully planned for over a month.
- A member of the group that captured Tice said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered the abduction.
- Tice’s driver was secretly working with Syrian regime forces and helped track his movements.
- The operation was overseen by high-ranking regime security officials closely linked to Assad.
- Despite searching multiple suspected detention sites, US authorities have found no sign of Tice.
- Some say Tice was executed, but there is no proof or recovered remains.
- Syrian intelligence files confirm the regime held Tice, but exact details of his fate remain unknown.
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