An American freed in Syria on Thursday said he was on a Christian pilgrimage when he crossed into the country on foot seven months ago and was detained by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Travis ...

The 29-year-old had last been seen in Budapest, Hungary. He said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of the Assad regime.

DAMASCUS, Syria — An American man who identified himself as Pete Travis Timmerman was found in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus by local residents on Thursday. Timmerman was last seen in ...

Travis Timmerman, an American who was reported missing ... Timmerman, 29, was found Thursday while wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Damascus after rebel forces freed him from an unspecified ...

Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus, trying to make his way out of the country on foot. Photo by Mohammed Al ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad regime, was handed over to U.S. forces in Syria on Friday.

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus trying to make his way out of the country on foot.

someone is heard asking the man if his name is Travis Timmerman. The man says, “That’s right.” The State Department said it was aware of an American found outside Damascus and was “seeking ...

The man, who identified himself as Travis Pete Timmerman, said earlier this year he had crossed into Syria from neighboring Lebanon and was thrown into a Damascus prison by a border guard.

The man - who later identified himself as Travis Timmerman to the BBC's US news partner CBS - was found by residents near the capital Damascus. It comes as rebels say they intend to close Assad's ...

Travis Timmerman looks out the window of a van as ... NPR had accompanied the convoy bringing Timmerman from Damascus to southern Syria, near a U.S. base not far from the Jordanian border.

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus trying to make his way out of the country on foot. Timmerman, ...