US journalist jailed by Assad regime, intelligence files reveal

Intelligence files have confirmed that the missing US journalist Austin Tice was jailed by the regime of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reported on June 2nd.

Ex-officials of Syria also confirmed Tice’s imprisonment to the BBC. Previously, the American government said that it believed Tice had been under the detention of the Assad regime, but the regime denied the accusation.

But it has now been discovered that Tice disappeared near Damascus during August 2012, only days after he had turned 31. Roughly seven weeks later, footage shared online showed him wearing a blindfold, being made to recite an Islamic declaration by men who were carrying arms.

BBC