Hostage hunter fears ousted Syria rulers still hiding US reporter Tice
2024-12-15 16:00:32 - From: Al monitor
A former prisoner spearheading a private effort to help find captive US journalist Austin Tice is concerned that deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad may be hiding him to use as leverage in securing his own future.
Nizar Zakka, who was detained in Iran on spying charges between 2015 and 2019, now runs Hostage Aid Worldwide, a non-profit group working with families to free kidnapped civilians.
This week he was in Syria in the immediate aftermath of the overthrow of Assad.
