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10:00 is run c-span and c-span.org. has --syrian governor government has freedom american photographer. according to u.s. officials, the washington post reports officials say kevin patrick dawes was released. here is a part of that briefing. spokesperson mark toner. >> can you say anything more than what was said in the release, specifically, what led up to it, what was the u.s. officials involvement in it, the and where he is

now? can: i will give you what i say. we have not confirmed the identity of this individual. we can confirm a u.s. citizen was released, but obviously, privacy considerations prevent us from commenting further on the identity of this individual. as john noted in his brief statement, we do applaud the work of our check protecting power in syria, which helped gain access to the individual and also his release. i can say this individual was released in the last few days, just to give you a sense of the timeframe. he is no longer in syria.

and, beyond that, i do not have too much else. if you have any other questions, i can try to answer what i can. if he is no longer in syria, understood, but is he in u.s. government protection or custody at the moment or is he just free? >> in the u.s.? mark: i cannot say that. >> if he was released in the last few days, it is not right to say he was released today. mark: that is right. elsesides the czechs, who participated? or the russians involved? mark: we are appreciative of the efforts in the part of the russian government that it undertook on behalf of this u.s. citizen in syria. >> just to be clear, the

russians were no way involved in this detention, only involved in helping secure his release. mark: correct. syria. citizens in and you tell me how many are missing? i do not have a precise number, but we obviously continue to work through our protecting power on behalf of the citizens. sorry, one of those individuals is austan. we continue to work on the whereabouts and -- of him. seriously a responsibility to get access to and protect other u.s. citizens who may be detained. you thanked the russians and the czechs, can you be any more what either the

russians or the czechs actually did, or how he came to get from syrian custody to outside syria? a role inechs play the physical removal of him or was it just the russians? obviously, the czechs would have protecting power, provided whatever support on the officials would have been able to provide or would have wanted to provide during this individual's detention. speak to the logistics. in response to your question about the russians, what was it? you are just asking -- >> i was wondering what was the individualsof this

release from syrian custody? did he go from the russians to the czech embassy and out, or how did it work? u.s. syriany direct, ?iscussion of this person to express than appreciation for russia's assistance, i do not want to characterize their role. have been indirect periodic contact with the syrian .overnment >> that means not to the czechs. i cannot qualify that. i apologize. >> would you be able to describe this person as a freelance photographer? speak to hist

identity or i'm sorry it we can confirm u.s. citizen but i cannot go beyond that in identifying. and fbi missing persons report about the individual identify online, are you able to confirm that? that he is no longer missing? i would say that the reporting we have seen thus far is not in accurate in describing the individual release, but i cannot really go beyond that. that is as far as i will go. i'm sorry. >> does this release mean you feel more positive? >> good question. we continue to work on the ground to get information on the welfare and whereabouts of austin. it is something we raised all the time. any additionalde

details at this time. we're obviously in direct contact with his family as well as the family of any u.s. citizens detained there. >> [indiscernible] speaking to great detail about individual cases, i would say support wherever we can get it in terms of getting the release of any americans who are held or detained in syria. talk it all about why he was detained, why this government helped him -- held him? mark: i do not have any details. >> do you believe he was improperly detained? mark: i cannot pierce sorry. i apologize.

requested the syrian regime get anything? mark: no, i am not aware of that. with assistance from the russians, but beyond that, i am not aware there was any kind of exchange in any way but we are just gratified the american was released. >> other americans, are they in the syrian regime custody? can you be more specific? any moreo not have specific details beyond that. austin, iterms of think we are trying to still get information about his whereabouts. assistance did you get from russia? mark: i cannot.

getting him out of there or was it specifically involving his release? in actually negotiating his release? we have expressed our appreciation that they did play a role and i do not want to go beyond what i already said because it is really up to them to characterize. >> a special envoy for hostile fares was the lead negotiating i do not believe so. i would have to check on that. i just don't know. not know who was leading the effort to secure this release? mark: i will try to get clarification. >> is it like single digits? some general sense? apologize, isee, i mean, we have, in general, i do

not have a concrete number. we are aware of reports of u.s. citizens who have gone missing in syria. obviously, we take all of those , as is seriously and said, try to get as much information as we can on their welfare and whereabouts. i do not have a specific number other than obviously the austan case. >> more than one? mark: yes. would it be best to describe this individual, a hostage, detainee? a detainee. he would not describe him as a hostage. mark: no. >> where he was held, or where he was released from? damascus? i believe released in damascus. i do not have that level of detail. >> a signature feature of book

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