As U.S. Warms Ties With Syria, What Does It Expect?

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials laid out expectations from the new government in Damascus.

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Syrian General Questioned in Case of Austin Tice, Missing American Journalist

The general, Bassam Hassan, is said to have shared grim news about the fate of Austin Tice, an American journalist and former Marine who went missing in 2012.

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Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help

Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him.

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Senior U.S. Diplomats Arrive in Syria to Meet With Governing Militias

The U.S. officials plan to look for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.

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Putin Tries to Put Positive Spin on Russian Setback in Syria

The Russian president said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

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White House Pushes to Find Austin Tice, American Journalist Abducted in Syria

U.S. officials have given the rebel group in control of Damascus a list of former members of the Assad government who could have information about Austin Tice.

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For Years, U.S. Collected Tips About Austin Tice’s Disappearance in Syria

Nongovernmental workers and journalists have scoured prisons for clues about his fate in the absence of an official American presence in the country.

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Austin Tice’s Mother Appeals to Netanyahu to Pause Strikes to Search for Son in Syrian Area

Debra Tice wrote to the Israeli prime minister that her family had “credible information” that Austin Tice may be held in a prison outside Damascus, in an area where Israel had been conducting military operations.

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Hunt Continues for an American, Austin Tice, in Syria

The U.S. has identified prisons of interest as it searches for clues about Austin Tice, who was abducted in 2012 and whose fate remains unknown.

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Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls

Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud ran an infamous prison in Damascus and “sought to terrify, intimidate and repress any opposition, or perceived opposition, to the regime,” according to the indictment.

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