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Ten years missing: A timeline of the efforts to return Austin Tice to the U.S.

By Michael Wilner

Updated August 15, 2022 8:04 AM

Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria for nearly five years, speak during a press conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 20, 2017. The Tices said Thursday that the U.S. and Syrian governments have assured them that they are doing all they can to secure his safe release adding that they are ready to deal with any government or group that will help them win the freedom of their son. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Bilal Hussein AP

Austin Tice: Missing for 10 Years

What progress is being made in the effort to bring him home?

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WASHINGTON

Despite efforts by three presidents to secure his release, Austin Tice, a freelance journalist for McClatchy and other news organizations and a former U.S. Marine, remains missing in Syria after ten years.

Tice was detained at a checkpoint outside of Damascus on Aug. 14, 2012. These are the major events that have marked the push to bring him home.

This story was originally published August 11, 2022 at 1:59 AM with the headline "Ten years missing: A timeline of the efforts to return Austin Tice to the U.S.."

Michael Wilner

McClatchy DC

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Michael Wilner is an award-winning journalist and was McClatchy’s chief Washington correspondent. Wilner joined the company in 2019 as a White House correspondent, and led coverage for its 30 newspapers of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the Biden administration. Wilner was previously Washington bureau chief for The Jerusalem Post. He holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College and Columbia University and is a native of New York City.