The mother of American journalist Austin Tice said on Monday she was hopeful that the new administrations in the U.S. and Syria would help her find her missing son, who was taken captive during a reporting trip near Damascus about 12 years ago.

Debra Tice's visit comes in the wake of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in a lighting rebel offensive last month. Her son, a freelance journalist who is now 43, was taken cap

By Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus on Saturday to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she can take him home with her.

For the first time in a decade, Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist, Austin Tice, returns to Syria to find news of her son.

President Trump has already promised to do everything he can to bring home Austin Tice, the Marine veteran who vanished more than 12 years ago while working as a journalist in Syria, according to his mom.

I have great hope that the Trump administration will sincerely engage in diligent work to bring Austin home,” Debra Tice said.

Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice, visited Syria for the first time in nearly ten years, expressing optimism about support from President Trump's administration. During a press conference in Damascus,

The mother of US journalist Austin Tice said on Monday that Syria's new transitional government was “very keen to work” on her son’s case after meeting its leader. Austin Tice, 43, disappeared in August 2012,