Hostage Aid Worldwide said Tuesday that American journalist Austin Tice, who has been held in Syria for 12 years, is alive. "We know that as a fact." Syria has publicly denied that it was holding him.

He is the president of Hostage Aid Worldwide. He has traveled to Syria multiple times following Assad's ouster by rebels on Dec. 8 in a bid to track down Tice, a former U.S. Marine and a freelance ...

Zakka, a Lebanese businessman with U.S. permanent residency who was held in Iran for four years until 2019 on charges of spying, is the president of Hostage Aid Worldwide. He has traveled to Syria ...

Nizar Zakka president of Hostage Aid Worldwide organization during an interview with Reuters in Damascus ...