BBC Probe Reveals Assad Regime Orchestrated Austin Tice Kidnapping
TL;DR
The BBC’s podcast investigation shows that journalist Austin Tice was kidnapped in 2012 by the Assad regime in a plan more than a month in the making, approved at the highest level and carried out by the National Defence Forces after Tice’s driver betrayed him; years of searches yielded no remains, but the BBC obtained internal Syrian intelligence files corroborating regime involvement. The case remains unresolved, with Tice’s family continuing to seek answers.
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