Debra Tice, mother of missing US journalist Austin Tice (displayed on screen), speaks during an event at the National Press Club "to address his case one year after the fall of Damascus" on December 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tice was kidnapped while reporting in Syria in August 2012. Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images

This is the story of one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time. It's been more than fourteen years since American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria. There have been many stories about what happened to him. His disappearance has reached the highest levels of power and yet, so little is actually known. BBC's award-winning investigative journalist Josh Baker brings us Where is Austin Tice?, a new series from NPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4.

The series producer is Simon Maybin. Field producing by Ouday Al Hussein. Additional producing by Lucy Burns. Open-source intelligence by Thomas Bordeaux and Gabor Friesen. Our production coordinator is Gemma Ashman. The series editor is Claire Fordham. 

At NPR, our producer is Monika Evstatieva. Editors are Robert Little and Katie Simon. The composer is Firas Abou Fakher. Additional music by Karim Chehoury. Theme music by Sam Slater, and it was mixed by Tom Brignell. Fact-checking by Nicolette Khan and Mary Glendinning.

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