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 ...

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy Media Company have grieved at his absence, despaired at silence from the Syrian government and prayed ...

Former KPRC 2 chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley joined Houston Public Media as an executive producer.

HOUSTON — The head of an international aid group for hostages believes Houston freelance journalist Austin Tice is alive.

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria ... we have a reason to believe that Austin, a Houston native, may return. The government of Bashar al-Assad has fallen in Syria.

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More than 12 years after Austin Tice's disappearance in Syria, U.S. state department officials arrive in Damascus. The development is raising hopes that the American journalist may be found alive.

Austin Bennett Tice was kidnapped in Damascus ... to send more U.S. officials to Damascus to look for Tice, a native of Houston who was kidnapped while reporting in Daraya, a Damascus suburb.

Putin added that he would ask Assad about Austin Tice when they do meet. Tice, a Marine Corps veteran, worked for multiple news organizations including CBS News.

The recent fall of the Assad regime has infused new hope in the search for Austin Tice, an American detained in Syria for a decade, as prisoners in jails across the country are released, Gustaf Kiland ...

Marc Tice told Scouting Magazine that his son was a member of Houston Troop 266, where he earned the Eagle Scout award. “Scouting was important to Austin, and he is very proud of achieving his ...