Spokesperson : `` The focus is on making themselves available to those who can help '' Marc Tice last contacted his family on August while in U.S. . State Department has said it believes he was detained by Syrian officials . The French government has said it does n't know where the journalist is .
Spokesperson : `` The focus is on making themselves available to those who can help '' Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria . The State Department has said it believes he was detained by Syrian officials . The Syrian government has said it does n't know where the journalist is .