Russell Gossett
American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a calculated operation that was undertaken over several weeks, according to new reporting from the BBC and NPR.
A member of the group that detained Tice has also claimed the abduction was sanctioned by Syria’s leader at the time, President Bashar al-Assad.
Tice was last seen outside of captivity in August of 2012, by rebel fighters, getting into a car with a driver he
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