{"id":1610446,"date":"2022-08-17T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610446"},"modified":"2022-08-17T10:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:25:17","slug":"syria-denies-holding-american-journalist-captive-after-biden-admin-confirms-efforts-for-his-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syria-denies-holding-american-journalist-captive-after-biden-admin-confirms-efforts-for-his-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Denies Holding American Journalist Captive After Biden Admin Confirms Efforts For His Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook 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         <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1068363966-scaled-e1660743569430.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Syria denied holding journalist Austin Tice captive Wednesday after the Biden administration, following years of relative silence, acknowledged ongoing efforts to secure his release.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian foreign ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mofaex.gov.sy\/ar\/news1931\/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8D-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> the U.S. of giving \u201cmisleading and illogical statements\u201d that place unwarranted blame on the Assad regime for kidnapping Tice, who went missing at a checkpoint near Damascus on Aug. 14, 2012, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-middle-east-syria-journalists-bashar-assad-f7e100380b1bc75c3c895858db9edbc5?utm_medium=AP&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0On Aug. 11, 2022, one decade after his disappearance,\u00a0the Biden administration confirmed the U.S. has engaged in recent talks with Syria to bring Tice home, the clearest indication in four years that the U.S. believes Syria is holding the reporter hostage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Government knows with certainty that Austin was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/02\/05\/parents-of-kidnapped-journalist-austin-tice-ask-for-help-seek-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held<\/a> by the Syrian Government and that they have the power to release him,\u201d State Department spokesman Vedant Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/briefings\/department-press-briefing-august-11-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cThe U.S. Government is extensively engaged with Syrian officials to bring Austin home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSyria has never even acknowledged holding him,\u201d Patel added.<\/p>\n<p>A video of Tice, blindfolded and restrained by armed men, released a month after he disappeared served as the last public indication of his whereabouts, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>Tice, then 31, traveled to Syria to cover the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/13\/assad-syrian-city-uprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">popular uprising<\/a> and brutal regime crackdown that began in 2011 and has displaced up to 23 million Syrans and killed hundreds of thousands, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>State Department spokesman Ned Price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/briefings\/department-press-briefing-august-15-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clarified<\/a> Monday that the U.S. has activated direct and third-party diplomatic channels to secure Tice\u2019s return to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Foreign Ministry disputed the State Department\u2019s claim and charged the U.S. with unlawfully <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/03\/12\/assad-calls-new-us-troops-deployed-to-syria-invaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sending<\/a> its soldiers into Syria to protect what it described as \u201cterrorist\u201d forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<span class=\"goog-text-highlight\"> Syrian government denies that it has kidnapped or disappeared any American citizen who entered its territory or resided in areas under the sovereignty and authority of the Syrian government,\u201d the Foreign Ministry said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">American journalist Austin Tice has spent\u202fa decade\u202fas a hostage in Syria.\u202fThe United States\u202fwill continue to work every day to bring Austin and other U.S. hostages and wrongful detainees home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrfIK7Riga\">https:\/\/t.co\/CrfIK7Riga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1557369155241795587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Top hostage negotiator Roger Carstens made a secret trip to Damascus in the summer of 2020 during the Trump administration to engage in unusual high-level talks with the Assad government that reportedly proved fruitless, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-politics-damascus-only-on-ap-syria-65e47a17070fe559fe7ea3f9ebd88d6e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the AP. Since then, little had been said about U.S. efforts regarding Tice\u2019s captivity. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/15\/donald-trump-james-mattis-assassinate-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Trump Says He Wanted To Assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, But Former Defense Secretary James Mattis Stopped Him)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden met with Tice\u2019s parents in May while Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, a Lebanese official who has worked on difficult hostage cases in the past, met with U.S. leaders in Washington to further mediation efforts between the U.S. and Syria, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>The White House, the State Department and the Honorary Consulate for Syria in British Columbia did not return the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria denied holding journalist Austin Tice captive Wednesday after the Biden administration, following years of relative silence, acknowledged ongoing efforts to secure his release.The Syrian foreign ministry accused the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}