美国记者奥斯汀·蒂斯于2012年8月11日在叙利亚失踪，BBC的调查显示这起事件是阿萨德政权经过一个多月精心策划的有组织行动。1根据BBC获得的机密叙利亚情报文件，这是首次明确证明该政权关押了蒂斯。1
蒂斯时任乔治城大学法律系学生，曾为美国海军陆战队上尉，失踪前为《华盛顿邮报》撰写头版新闻。1BBC的调查发现，蒂斯的司机哈米德·阿布·奥贝德向阿萨德政权通报了他的行踪。1绑架计划由阿萨德信任的安全官员、国防军头目巴萨姆·哈桑主持，在向总统汇报后获得批准，阿萨德的回应是"把他带来"。1蒂斯最终在大马士革郊区被国防军民兵抓获。1
司机被承诺将获得护照、叙利亚国籍、房屋和武器作为报酬，但最后仅获得一把手枪。1司机哈米德·阿布·奥贝德后来也失踪。1BBC搜索了多个疑似关押地点超过一个月，但未发现蒂斯的踪迹。1虽然前叙利亚指挥官声称蒂斯已被处死，但未发现遗骨证据。1至今蒂斯的确切下落仍未明。1
American journalist Austin Tice disappeared in Syria's Damascus suburbs on August 11, 2012, the day after celebrating his thirty-first birthday, and a BBC investigation has now determined his abduction was the result of a meticulously planned operation by the Assad regime rather than a random incident 1. The investigation uncovered that Tice's driver, Hamid Abu Obeid, provided the regime with information about the journalist's whereabouts, which was then relayed to senior security officials 1. Bassam Hassan, a trusted security chief and head of the regime's military operations, orchestrated the kidnapping plan and presented it to President Assad, who responded with the directive to "bring him to us" 1.
The scheme involved a series of calculated steps designed to secure Tice's capture 1. Tice, a Georgetown University law student and former US Marine Corps captain, had been writing front-page stories for The Washington Post before his disappearance 1. His driver was promised a passport, Syrian citizenship, a house, and weapons in exchange for his cooperation, though he ultimately received only a pistol 1. The BBC conducted extensive searches across multiple suspected detention sites over more than one month without locating Tice 1. While a former Syrian military commander claimed Tice had been executed, no remains have been discovered 1. The investigation drew on hundreds of pages of classified Syrian intelligence documents to establish for the first time definitive proof that the regime held Tice in custody 1. The driver, Hamid Abu Obeid, subsequently disappeared himself 1.
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