FILE - Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist who has been missing in Syria since August 2012, hold up photos of him during a new conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, July 20, 2017. A Lebanese security chief has met U.S. officials in Washington as part of mediation between Washington and Damascus for the release Austin Tice, Nizar Zakka, President of the U.S.-based Hostage Aid Worldwide, a mission that assists hostages said Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)