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Missing American Travis Timmerman found in Syrian prison, released
The 29-year-old from Missouri told CBS News that he was freed from a Syrian prison on Monday after being detained seven months ago for entering the country without permission.
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.
(photo credit:
ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images
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JERUSALEM POST STAFF
DECEMBER 12, 2024 17:56
Updated:
DECEMBER 12, 2024 19:11
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