Austin Tice, a journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, is "alive" and being "treated well," his mother, Debra Tice, claims.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria since 2012, said Monday during a visit to the Syrian capital that the incoming Trump administration has offered to help uncover long-awaited answers about the fate of her son.

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

THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian prison. Now that Assad’s bloody regime is gone, Debra Tice

Trump’s “people have already reached out to me. I haven’t experienced that for the last four years,” Debra Tice said. “I have great hope that the Trump administration will sincerely

Austin Tice, now 43, was one of the first American journalists ... The State Department contended he was being held by the Syrian government. Former President Bashar al-Assad’s government vehemently denied the accusation. Debra Tice last visited Syria ...

Hostage aid group searches Syrian prisons and other locations for the journalist and former US Marine, who has been missing since 2012

Mother Debra Tice says she has renewed faith in the U.S. government's efforts to locate her son, who has been missing for thirteen years.

Austin Tice, an American journalist, has been missing since 2012 after being taken captive in Syria. Despite a 2013 escape attempt in Damascus, he was quickly recaptured. The recent ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has renewed efforts to locate Tice,

President Bashar al-Assad. Debra Tice has been trying to work with Syria's de facto new government to find her son, Austin, who is now 43. Her son went missing while covering the Syrian civil war ...

Austin Tice's Mother, in Damascus ... before they stopped granting her visas. The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December by Syrian rebels has allowed her to visit again from her ...

Last December, rebels led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or HTS, ousted Syria's former dictator, President Bashar al-Assad. Debra Tice has been trying to work with Syria's de facto new government to find her son, Austin, who is now 43. Her son went ...