The mother and stepfather of a missing US man who was found in Syria expressed their relief that he is alive, saying they 'had no idea' where their son was after not hearing from him for months. Locals said they found Travis Timmerman, 29, walking the streets of Damascus barefoot. Timmerman claimed he was released from one of Bashar al-Assad’s prisons following the regime’s collapse.
Speaking on Friday, Timmerman’s mother Stacey Gardiner and his stepfather Richard Gardiner said they hadn’t heard from Travis for seven months and feared the worst.
