Putin Says He Will Ask Bashar Assad About Missing Journalist Austin Tice

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PUTIN (via translator): "Frankly speaking, I haven't seen President Assad yet after he came to Moscow, but I plan to do so, and I will have a conversation with him. We are adults. We understand 12 years ago a person went missing in Syria, 12 years ago. We understand what situation was in place 12 years ago. Active hostilities were ongoing from both sides. Does President Assad himself know what happened to that U.S. citizen, to the journalist who performed his journalist duties in the combat area? But nonetheless, I do promise that I will ask this question to him."