US President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria on 8 December as a "historic ...

Travis Timmerman called his release a “blessing” when he spoke to The Associated Press from a hotel room in Damascus, where he arrived late Thursday. He was among the thousands of people ...

Timmerman was held captive for seven months alongside political prisoners and torture victims.

Earlier in the day, NPR had accompanied the convoy bringing Timmerman from Damascus to southern Syria, near a U.S. base not far from the Jordanian border. Over breakfast before the convoy departed, ...

ALONG THE M2 HIGHWAY in southern Syria — The journey of a young Missouri man freed from a Syrian prison when the regime fell earlier this month began with a wilderness religious pilgrimage ...

Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024. (photo credit ...

He was found by local residents near Damascus this week after he was freed by hammer-wielding armed men. Mystery has swirled over how exactly Mr Timmerman came to be in Syria. The White House says ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad... American citizen Travis Timmerman is now with U.S ...

It’s just trying to find places to sleep.” Mr Timmerman said he was on a “religious pilgrimage” to Damascus. “I heard the word of God”. For many Syrians, there time in jail was marked ...

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 ...