American ‘who crossed into Syria on foot’ freed after seven months in detention
American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with a man who found him in the Syrian desert and the owner of the house where he took refuge. Picture: Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP
An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday said he was detained after crossing into the country on foot seven months ago on a Christian pilgrimage.
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, overthrowing President Bashar Assad and ending his family’s 54-year rule.
