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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is free after 7 months in detention

Syria - (SYRIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE)

An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday said he was detained after crossing into the country on foot seven months ago on a Christian pilgrimage.

Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country's notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, overthrowing President Bashar Assad and ending his family's 54-year rule.

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