Syria Denies It Is Holding American Journalist Austin Tice

Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria, speak during a press conference at the Press Club in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 4, 2018. Bilal Hussein/AP Photo

DAMASCUS, Syria—Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Damascus “denies it had kidnapped or is holding any American citizen on its territories.”