Blinken says US engaged with Syria on case of missing American journalist Austin Tice

FILE PHOTO: Debra Tice, a mother of US. journalist Austin Tice, reacts after a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is extensively engaged on the case of a U.S. journalist who disappeared a decade ago, including with Syria and other countries, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and a freelance journalist, was kidnapped in August 2012 while reporting in Damascus on the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He was 31 at the time.