Spokesperson : `` The focus is on making themselves available to those who can help '' Help ' in the sense of intervening directly with his captors . '' 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 '' 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 .