U.S. in contact with Syrian officials on American Austin Tice: official
 

The United States has been in direct, periodic contact with Syrian government officials to discuss missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Damascus in 2012, a senior State Department official said on Thursday. "In addition to working through our Czech protecting power, we have been in periodic, direct contact with Syrian government officials strictly on consular issues, including the case of Austin Tice," the official told Reuters. The official declined to say how many more U.S. citizens were missing or taken hostage in Syria, but said it was working with Czech diplomats on their whereabouts and welfare. The Czechs are the intermediaries between the United States and Syria.

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