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Assad Regime Allegedly Approved Austin Tice Abduction, With Trusted Driver Accused of Betraying Him
BBC investigators say Syrian intelligence files and witness accounts show Austin Tice’s abduction was planned for more than a month before his disappearance.
- A new BBC investigation reveals that President Bashar and Assad's regime meticulously planned the 2012 abduction of American journalist Austin Tice, contradicting prior assumptions the capture was opportunistic.
- The operation began after Austin Tice's trusted driver, Hamid Abu Obeid, fed information to the National Defence Force and secretly took the journalist's backpack containing sensitive equipment.
- Former National Defence Force member Abu Ali claims senior security figure Bassam relayed news to Assad, who allegedly replied, "Bring him to us," initiating the detention.
- Following the regime's collapse in December 2024, newly obtained intelligence files confirmed the Syrian government held the former Marine, though the full chain of command remains unverified.
- Fourteen years after Austin Tice vanished, his whereabouts remain unknown, and families of both the journalist and Hamid Abu Obeid report no information regarding their relatives' fate.
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Missing US journalist Austin Tice was handed over to Assad regime by treacherous driver: report
Missing US journalist Austin Tice was betrayed by his driver and handed off to ousted President Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship in a calculated operation, according to a new report.
·New York, United States
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In a report by Josh Baker and Sarah Obaidat, the former Bashar al-Assad regime had planned to abduct American journalist Austin Tais in a month-long court operation. The investigation revealed that the operation was carried out with President Bashar al-Assad ' s timely consent, citing one of the members of the group that had been detained [...].
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