President Joe Biden says the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive.

In 2012, journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria, but on Sunday President Joe Biden said he believes Tice is still alive. Tice’s family also shares Biden’s belief. The president said he believes that Tice could be returned now that President Bashar al-Assad's government has been toppled by rebels.

Efforts to locate Austin Tice, the U.S. journalist who was abducted while covering the civil war in Syria over 12 years ago, have gained new urgency following the sudden fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in the country.

President Joe Biden told reporters he believes journalist Austin Tice is still alive and we will "get him back" from Syria.

Austin Tice is a Texan journalist and former U.S. Marine corps officer who was reporting on the Syrian conflict when he went missing in August 2012. His disappearance has rendered him the longest-held journalist in captivity, according to the National Press Club.

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian ...

The brother of Austin Tice, Jacob, says they believe every effort is being made to find the journalist in Syria

The State Department says the U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator is in Beirut in hopes of collecting information on the whereabouts of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for 12 years.

American journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria in 2012, reporting on how the conflict was affecting ordinary people. Is there new hope for his return?

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive and that ...

In a groundbreaking move, U.S. diplomats held their first high-level meeting in Damascus since the regime change, engaging with the new interim government, including Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.

Transitions between administrations often become quiet periods of several months for hostage cases. But after 12 years in Syria, Austin may not have months to spare.