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Coverage dated December 11, 2024

American pilgrim found in Syria after months missing

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An American called Travis Timmerman who claims to have entered Syria on foot is now free after spending seven months in detention.

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  1. NPR

    Missing American Travis Timmerman found wandering barefoot outside Damascus (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    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.

  2. Newsweek

    American pilgrim found in Syria after months missing (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    An American called Travis Timmerman who claims to have entered Syria on foot is now free after spending seven months in detention.

  3. Local News 8

    Missing US man found in Syria says he was kept in prison after entering country as a pilgrim (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Clarissa Ward, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A missing US man has been found in Syria, where he says he was kept in prison for months after entering the country as a pilgrim.

  4. CBS News

    Man identifying himself as American Travis Timmerman found in Syria after being freed from prison (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A man identifying himself as Missourian Travis Timmerman tells CBS News he was liberated from a Syrian prison upon dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

  5. The Guardian

    American found in Damascus appears to have been released from Syrian prison (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Travis Pete Timmerman, from Missouri, says he was imprisoned for seven months after travelling to Syria on a pilgrimage

  6. Local News 8

    American who says he crossed into Syria by foot is free after 7 months in detention (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who turned up in Syria says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago. Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damasc…

  7. Breitbart News

    Self-Identified American 'on a Pilgrimage to Damascus' Found Freed from Assad Prison in Syria (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    A man emerged from prison in Syria claiming to be American Travis Timmerman, who went missing in Hungary.

  8. New York Post

    Missing American ‘pilgrim’ Travis Timmerman found in Syria after spending months locked up in prison (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A scruffy, bearded man who identified himself as missing Missouri resident Travis Timmerman was found in Syria Thursday -- and said he was imprisoned after traveling to the country "for spiritual purposes."

  9. Forbes

    Who Is Travis Timmerman? Man Found In Syria After Monthslong Imprisonment Claims To Be Missing American. (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Timmerman was reported missing by Missouri police after law enforcement said he traveled to Hungary.

  10. Delaware Public Media

    Missing American found in Syria wandering bare foot in a Damascus suburb (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    The American identified himself Travis Timmerman. He says he was held for seven months in Sednaya -- a notorious prison in which thousands of people were arbitrarily detained under the Syrian regime.

  11. Al Jazeera

    American man found near Damascus after seven months in Syrian prison (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Travis Timmerman, an American from Missouri, says he was held for seven months in Syria’s infamous Sednaya prison

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