Exclusive – Middle East Now:
A private source has denied to Middle East Now the reports claiming the discovery of the remains of American journalist Austin Tice in a village in the Aleppo countryside.
The source revealed that “a team from the American ‘Soufan Group’, funded by Qatar, has been searching for the remains of individuals executed by the terrorist organization ISIS over the past three days.”
He added that the team “found today in the village of Dabiq in the Aleppo countryside the remains of six bodies, some of which belong to Americans, but Tice’s remains were not among them. Tice was detained by the regime in August 2012.” He noted that “the remains were transported out of Syria for DNA testing.”
It is worth noting that the Soufan Group is a U.S.-based organization specializing in global security and intelligence consulting. It was founded by former FBI agent Ali Soufan, an American of Lebanese origin.