US races to find captive journalist Austin Tice after Syria regime collapse

FILE PHOTO: A banner for journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012, hangs outside the National Press Club building in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials were pressing on Monday for information about Austin Tice and to secure the release of the American journalist captured in Syria 12 years ago.

Washington's hostage-affairs envoy Roger Carstens was in Beirut as part of intensive efforts to locate Tice, according to the State Department, while White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said other officials were seeking information from people in Syria.