That hope was boosted Friday with the news that Roger D. Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, had arrived in the capital city of Damascus along with two other top U.S.

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy Media Company have grieved ...

We have new optimism that Austin Tice may be freed from captivity in Syria. Joe Biden must do all he can to make that happen.

The search for Austin Tice, a freelance journalist missing in Syria since 2012, has entered its twelfth day without any ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside ...

Debra Tice said news that Missouri resident Travis Timmerman had been freed from a Syrian prison by rebels felt "like a ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...

The current situation in Syria compels us to ask for your help in find Austin and safely reuniting our family,” wrote Debra ...

To my colleagues in the press,” Hunter wrote recently, asking for support, “do not let Austin Tice be forgotten. Keep asking ...

Transitions between administrations often become quiet periods of several months for hostage cases. But after 12 years in ...

Rebels and others are opening the gates of Assad’s many prisons, and the world is watching as captives walk from their cells ...