Damascus’s reaction to the arrest of the former American Marine
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Al-Mayadin, the Syrian Foreign Ministry announced: The American accusations regarding the detention of former American Army Marine Austin Tice by the Syrian forces are baseless.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry stated: American officials claim that the former officer of the American army was a journalist and this is a deliberate distortion of the facts.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria states: The accusations against Syria are the continuation of the hostile actions of the United States and the support of separatist militias and terrorist groups.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden called for the immediate release of Austin Tice, a former US Marine who disappeared in Syria in August 2012.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday local time in a statement on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of Austin Tice: We have put pressure on the Syrian government many times. to cooperate with us so that we can finally bring Austin home. Today, I once again demand his immediate release.
The Syrian government has always emphasized that it has no information about the missing Americans in Syria, including Tice.
Damascus confirms that Stein Theiss is not a journalist, but an agent who contracted with the US foreign intelligence agency and entered Syria illegally in 2012. .
