Austin Tice, a journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, is "alive" and being "treated well," his mother, Debra Tice, claims.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria since 2012, said Monday during a visit to the Syrian capital that the incoming Trump administration has offered to help uncover long-awaited answers about the fate of her son.

THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian prison. Now that Assad’s bloody regime is gone, Debra Tice

Austin Tice, now 43, was one of the first American journalists ... The State Department contended he was being held by the Syrian government. Former President Bashar al-Assad’s government vehemently denied the accusation. Debra Tice last visited Syria ...

Trump’s “people have already reached out to me. I haven’t experienced that for the last four years,” Debra Tice said. “I have great hope that the Trump administration will sincerely

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she can take him home with her.

WASHINGTONDAMASCUS SYRIA - At a recent press conference in the Four Seasons Hotel in Syrias capital Damascus Debra Tice made clear that she woul

Last December, rebels led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or HTS, ousted Syria's former dictator, President Bashar al-Assad. Debra Tice has been trying to work with Syria's de facto new government to find her son, Austin, who is now 43. Her son went ...

Wafa Mustafa had long dreamed of returning to Syria but the absence of her father tarnished her homecoming more than a decade after he disappeared in Bashar al-Assad's jails."I only dream of a grave,

Debra Tice has spent more than 12 years searching for her son, Austin Tice, a Marine veteran and journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in August 2012. Through four presidential administrations, she has not lost hope that her son will come home alive.

Syria has demanded reparations from Russia in order to "rebuild trust" after a meeting between Damascus' new administration and a Moscow delegation, according to local news sources. Russia and Syria's meeting to discuss future relations comes as Moscow looks to retain its two military bases in the Middle Eastern country.

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest for breaking the law. But after opposition factions toppled Assad in a lightning offensive last month,