`` I do not accept that he is missing , I live in a place where he is coming home , '' said Debra Tice , his mother . ISIS is believed to be have at least two more U.S. captives . It is also holding hostages from other Western countries . The Islamic State has been fighting for years against the Syrian government, which it considers an ally of President Bashar Assad and a threat to its rule. It 's not known who 's holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice , who disappeared in 2012 .
ISIS is believed to be have at least two more U.S. captives . It is also holding hostages from other Western countries . The Islamic State has been fighting for years against the Syrian government, which it considers an ally of President Bashar Assad and a threat to its rule. It 's not known who 's holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice , who disappeared in 2012 .