The family of American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria more than a decade ago, said Monday that they have information he is alive and believe it’s only a matter of time until they are reunited.

Tice went missing in 2012 a few days after celebrating his 31st birthday in the country, where he went to report on the civil war that began in 2011. Video surfaced shortly after his disappearance showing masked men holding him at gunpoint. The U.S. government cast doubt on whether…