An American citizen was found near Damascus and his name is Travis Timmerman. The 29-year-old man had been held in Assad’s prisons for seven months and many initially thought he was American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria since 2012. Speaking to Al Arabiya on Thursday, Travis Timmerman of Missouri said he had he went to Syria on a religious trip seven months ago, adding that he has since been imprisoned when he was kidnapped by Assad’s forces. Timmerman told the Al Arabiya correspondent that he was not aware of the case of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012. It’s not Austin. His name is Travis. This video was just given to me by the man who found him pic.twitter.com/mJ4xbjeklr — James Longman (@JamesAALongman) December 12, 2024 “I came to Syria for a religious pilgrimage, I’m a Christian,” Timmerman said. The 29-year-old said he did not experience ill-treatment while being held in Syrian regime prisons, but added that […]
Source: News Beast
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