Austin Tice: Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
What to know about Austin Tice: Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds - Published US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a calculated operation which was more than a month in the planning, the BBC can reveal.
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Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds - Published US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a calculated operation which was more than a month in the planning, the BBC can reveal.
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