Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says

Debra Tice and other relatives spoke at White House Friday after meeting with national security officials

The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said on Friday that she was confident her son was alive, citing information she said had come from a significant source" that she did not identify but that had been vetted by the US government and treated as credible.

He is being cared for and he is well - we do know that," Debra Tice said.