Body Of Austin Tice, American Journalist Kidnapped Over A Decade Ago, Found: Report

The assemblage of American journalist and Marine seasoned Austin Tice, who was abducted successful Syria 12 years ago, has been discovered, according to a report.

The assemblage of Tice, who would now beryllium 43, was recovered successful a cemetery successful bluish Syria, sources told Sky News Arabia connected Sunday, according to nan Jerusalem Post.

The State Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for confirmation.

Tice was a skipper successful nan Marine Corps and journeyed to Syria arsenic an independent journalist successful May 2012, earlier his last twelvemonth astatine Georgetown Law School. He was detained successful Damascus successful August 2012 while reporting connected nan uprising against nan Bashar al-Assad regime, which marked nan early stages of nan Syrian civilian war. 

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Freelance journalist Austin Tice went missing successful Syria successful 2012 and has not been heard from since. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

A video released weeks aft Tice went missing showed him blindfolded and held by equipped men. He tin beryllium heard saying, "Oh, Jesus." It marked nan past clip he was heard from. 

The circumstances and timeframe of Tice's reported decease were not instantly clear.

The reported discovery of Tice's body comes conscionable weeks aft Reuters reported that Syria pledged to group up a liaison agency astatine nan overseas ministry to find Tice arsenic a information of receiving imaginable sanctions alleviation to thief its system that has collapsed from years of war.

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Syria has antecedently claimed it neither abducted nor held nan American journalist, though nan U.S. reportedly engaged successful back-channel talks pinch Syria pinch nan thief of Lebanese intermediaries for years, including nether nan Biden administration, to nary avail.

Rebels seized nan superior metropolis of Damascus successful December, ousting Assad and renewing dream successful nan effort to bring Tice home.

Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice, speaks during a news convention updating nan media astir her eldest son's information arsenic nan family continues to push for his merchandise connected Dec. 6, 2024, astatine nan National Press Club successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Then-President Biden expressed immoderate dream regarding Tice successful a nationalist reside astatine nan time, saying, "We judge he’s alive. We deliberation we tin get him back, but we person nary nonstop grounds to that yet."

Debra Tice is seen successful Damascus, Syria, connected Jan. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar)

In nan 12 years that Tice remained missing, his family believed he was still alive. Reports person suggested nan U.S. had received intermittent accusation pertaining to his whereabouts.

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Tice, a Texas native, was covering events successful Syria for McClatchy, The Washington Post and different news organizations erstwhile he disappeared.

Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.