Video footage shows American Journalist Austin Tice still alive

Tice, a Georgetown University law student who served as U.S. Marine
Corps infantry officer before leaving active duty in January, was one of
the few foreign journalists to report from inside Syria as the civil
war intensified. He entered the country in May and traveled extensively
through central Syria, filing battlefield dispatches before arriving in
Damascus in late July.

There are rumors that this is a false flag operation done by some elements in the Syrian government.

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