Biden meets parents of US journalist abducted in Syria 10 years ago

US President Joe Biden has promised to work "relentlessly" to secure the release of Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in Syria in 2012.
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Austin Tice has been missing for a decade since he was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 [Getty]

US President Joe Biden told the parents of a reporter who disappeared in Syria almost a decade ago that his administration would work "relentlessly" until his return is secured, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Monday.

Biden met on Monday with the parents of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and former marine, who disappeared while reporting in 2012.

"During their meeting, the President reiterated his commitment to continue to work through all available avenues to secure Austin’s long overdue return to his family," Psaki said.

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She said the administration would work "relentlessly until Austin and other Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained worldwide are safely at home with their loved ones."

She added that Biden's national security team, which had already held meetings and conversations with Marc and Debra Tice, would remain in regular contact with them.