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An American turned up in Syria on Thursday, saying he was jailed for seven months after illegally walking into the country from Lebanon while on a Christian pilgrimage.
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Travis Timmerman, 29, was among thousands of people rebels released from Syria's notorious prisons last weekend as the rebels swept toward the capital, Damascus, and overthrew strongman Bashar al-Assad, ending his family's iron-fisted 54-year rule.
Timmerman was initially mistaken by some for Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in Syria 12 years ago and has yet to be found after the rebel takeover and Assad's flight to asylum in Russia.
Rebels free American jailed for 7 months in Syria
Travis Timmerman says he walked into Syria illegally while on a Christian pilgrimage
www.voanews.com
Travis Timmerman, 29, was among thousands of people rebels released from Syria's notorious prisons last weekend as the rebels swept toward the capital, Damascus, and overthrew strongman Bashar al-Assad, ending his family's iron-fisted 54-year rule.
Timmerman was initially mistaken by some for Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in Syria 12 years ago and has yet to be found after the rebel takeover and Assad's flight to asylum in Russia.
