John Kirby: US in talks with Türkiye to free its journalist in Syria.
According to Al Jazeera, Austin Tice, an American journalist, has been missing in Syria for more than a decade and has not been heard from. Now, American officials are trying to free him.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced that Washington is consulting with Turkey and other countries about the possible location of Austin Tice.
Kirby said that American officials have done everything they can to find out everything they can about the kidnapping of this journalist and a way to free him. The current situation in Syria allows us to obtain more information about this.
Austin Tice, a US Marine and freelance journalist, was kidnapped in August 2012 at the beginning of the unrest in Syria and there is no information about him.
Previously, officials of the Bashar al-Assad government had repeatedly stated that they were unaware of the fate of this journalist.