Missing US Man Found in Syria After Months of Silence

Listen to this article DAMASCUS: A missing US citizen, Travis Timmerman, has been located in Syria after spending months in...

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Dec 13, 2024

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DAMASCUS: A missing US citizen, Travis Timmerman, has been located in Syria after spending months in detention. Timmerman, 29, was found walking barefoot in Damascus and claimed to have been released from a Syrian prison following the regime’s collapse.

Timmerman’s parents, Stacey and Richard Gardiner, expressed relief upon hearing their son was alive after seven months of silence. Speaking to CNN, they described the emotional toll of not knowing his whereabouts, with the last contact being video calls from Hungary, where he had traveled for research on historic churches.

Timmerman told CBS News he entered Syria from Lebanon for “spiritual purposes” but was detained for several months. He described the conditions in prison as “not too bad,” though restrictive. His release came as thousands of prisoners across Syria were freed following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the government is working to facilitate Timmerman’s return. Efforts also continue to locate other missing Americans in Syria, including journalist Austin Tice, who has been held since 2012.

Timmerman’s discovery ends months of uncertainty for his family, who feared the worst but are now overjoyed at his safe recovery.

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