AMERICAN journalist Austin Tice escaped from a Syrian hellhole prison in 2013 before he was snatched back by Assad’s henchmen, US officials have revealed.
Tice is now the focus of a massive manhunt following the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this week after 13 years of civil war.
Austin Tice escaped prison in 2013
The former Marine had managed to slip out of his cell, one current and three former US officials and a person with knowledge of the event told Reuters.
Tice’s 2013 escape was the first public sighting of the American after he was captured during a reporting trip to Syria in 2012.
US officials say that Tice’s 2013 escape from prison, where he was believed to have been held by a pro-government militia, is the strongest evidence the U.S. government has to suggest that forces loyal to Assad held Tice.
This has over the years allowed American officials to pressure the Assad government directly about the matter.
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