We are working with Turkiye and other nations to help locate an American journalist who went missing in Syria over a dozen years ago.

Axar.az reports that this was stated by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said locating Austin Tice "is a top priority" for the Biden administration, noting the FBI and State Department have put out an $11 million reward for information on his whereabouts.

"We do not know where he is located. We do not know, but we continue to hope that he is alive. And I think that's what you hear from this president, that he is hopeful that he is still alive," she told reporters. "We're talking through, certainly this with the Turks and others to find him and to bring him home."

Austin Tice, a freelance journalist for outlets including McClatchy, CBS and The Washington Post, disappeared Aug. 14, 2012, shortly after his 31st birthday. He was reportedly stopped at a checkpoint in a Damascus suburb while reporting on Syria’s civil war.

No group has claimed responsibility for his abduction.