President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for special envoy for hostage affairs said Monday that Syrian opposition forces that have taken control of the Middle Eastern country should turn over any American hostages held there as a sign of goodwill and to signal that Syria under their rule is a “real country” rather than a failed state run by Islamic extremists.
Adam Boehler, who was selected by Trump on Dec. 4, was asked during a Dec. 9 appearance on Fox News’s Fox & Friends for his thoughts about multiple Americans believed to be held hostage in Syria, including journalist Austin Tice, who went missing 12 years ago.
