An American citizen, who identified himself as the missing Missouri resident Travis Timmerman, was found in Syria on Thursday (December 12). The man said he had been imprisoned after crossing into the country on foot during a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago.
The 29-year-old 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 al-Assad and ending his family’s 54-year rule, the Associated Press reported.
Timmerman said two men armed with AK-47 rifles broke his prison door down Monday (December 9) with a hammer.
