Ex-Syrian commander claims missing US journalist Austin Tice was executed

Major General Bassam Al Hassan claims former Syrian President Assad ordered Austin Tice's execution.
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Major General Bassam Al Hassan is a former commander in the Republican Guards who was part of President Assad's inner circle.
He was also the Chief of Staff of the National Defence Forces (NDF), the paramilitary group that a BBC investigation uncovered was responsible for holding Mr Tice after his abduction in 2012.
The discovery was made as part of an upcoming BBC Radio 4 podcast about the disappearance of Austin Tice.
The American journalist vanished near the Syrian capital of Damascus in August 2012, just days after his 31st birthday.
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