Originally believed to be the missing American journalist Austin Tice, speculation continues to swirl over the identity of the mysterious Westerner.
Footage allegedly from the Free Syrian Army claims to show the American journalist who was abducted in Syria in 2012 while reporting in Damascus.
The video states:
“The American journalist - whose name we still do not know - was found by our brother Moussa, one of the sons of Dhibiyeh and a municipal guard, in the early hours of dawn today.
This American individual, who has been wanted by the United States after disappearing for seven years in the prisons of the tyrannical regime, where he was tortured in Sednaya and the dungeons of Sednaya, is now in the town of Dhibiyeh.
This is a message to the entire world: this man was in the hands of criminals, in the prisons of Assad's gangs, who recognize neither humanity, human rights, nor any sense of decency.
Praise be to God, the man is now safe, and we are waiting for the official authorities to come and take him from us.”