Man Found in Syria Appears to Be a Missing American
The man told reporters that his name was Travis Timmerman and that he had entered Syria on a religious pilgrimage. He said that he had been detained for months.
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CBS News speaks with man who says he's just been freed from Syrian prison
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.CBS News - 15m -
American found in Syria says he's a 'pilgrim' who was imprisoned for months
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.NBC News - 1h -
Watch: American man found in Syria after being imprisoned for months
An American man calling himself Travis spoke with NBC News' Matt Bradley and said he had been imprisoned in Syria after crossing from Lebanon.NBC News - 3h -
Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assets
Israel has attacked Syrian military assets and has troops operating in the Golan buffer zone and slightly beyond.BBC News - 21h -
U.S. Renews Push to Find Missing American Austin Tice in Syria
The collapse of Assad’s regime and the release of thousands of prisoners in the country are stoking new urgency around finding Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago.The Wall Street Journal - 2d -
Video appears to show protesters in Homs, Syria taking down statues
Video posted to social media appears to show protesters in Homs, Syria attempting to take down a statue of Hafez al-Assad. This comes as Syrian rebels have claimed to have taken control of Homs.NBC News - 4d
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