Travis Timmerman, a US citizen who had entered Syria from Lebanon on a Christian pilgrimage and had been detained for several months, speaks with reporters in a house in Damascus on December 12, 2024, after he was found in the village of Thihabiyeh east of the capital, after rebels toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)

American man found roaming the streets near Damascus after spending seven months in a Syrian prison

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American man found near Damascus after seven months in Syrian prison

Travis Timmerman, an American from Missouri, says he was held for seven months in Syria’s infamous Sednaya prison after entering the country without permission. Timmerman, who was freed by rebels, says his time in prison was “decent,” and he was “fed well.”