Missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the Assad regime and questioned by a Syrian intelligence officer, the BBC reported on Monday, citing uncovered intelligence files from the former government.

BBC said that the authenticity of the files had been verified by the news organization and by law enforcement.

Syrian officials from the former Assad regime also confirmed to the BBC that the regime had detained Tice.

The US government previously said that it believed the Syrian government held Tice, but the Assad regime denied the claim.

Tice, who worked as a freelance journalist, disappeared near Damascus in August 2012. According to the BBC, seven weeks after his disappearance, a video was posted online showing Tice blindfolded and his hands bound, being forced to

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