DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held.
Sahar al-Ahmad said he was in the cell across from Tice and last saw him alive in July 2022.
Relatives rushed to jails, military installations and even black sites to search for detained loved ones as soon as the regime fell.
Ted Turner / NBC NewsAhmad, an activist and citizen journalist, said that he was arrested for filming anti-regime demonstrations and that Tice appeared to be in “somewhat good” condition in 2022.
A torn photo of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad lies on the floor after the prison was hastily evacuated.
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