Travis Timmerman, an American from Missouri who was imprisoned in Syria, told NBC News he had been on a pilgrimage to Damascus. Video led some to thing he was Austin Tice.
A man seen in a video circulating online is believed to be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier this year, two officials familiar with the matter told ABC News. One official said the United States government was able to make contact with the man after he was spotted in a short video circulating online.
Missouri man Travis Timmerman, missing in Hungary, found walking barefoot in Syria after rebels topple Assad regime.
An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago.
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Timmerman, 29, had not contacted his family for months after he went on a trip to Eastern Europe. His discovery came in the wake of the overthrow of the Assad regime.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the war in Ukraine and other topics in a phone call initiated by Budapest, the Kremlin claimed in a statement on Dec.
An American citizen detained in Syria was freed on Thursday after rebels overtook the city of Damascus, toppling the rule of President Bashar Assad and releasing thousands from imprisonment
Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe.
The man identifying himself only as “Travis,” and said that he was a pilgrim who had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot.
A man reportedly freed after spending several months imprisoned in Syria following an apparent Christian pilgrimage has been identified as Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen from Missouri.
An American man found wandering the streets outside the Syrian capital of Damascus barefoot identified himself as Pete Travis Timmerman on Thursday. Timmerman was last seen in Budapest, Hungary, in June and had not been heard from in months.