Travis Timmerman, 29, who has been lacking for about seven months, has been discovered alive in Syria.
The Gateway Pundit reported on the sudden, dramatic takeover of the Syria Arabic Republic by opposition rebels with ties to ISIS and Al Qaeda.
After long-time ruler Bashar al Assad and his household fled the capital, Damascus, for Moscow, hundreds of prisoners had been launched from Assad’s notorious torture prisons.
A type of freed prisoners was Timmerman who says he was imprisoned in Syria after crossing into the nation throughout a “pilgrimage” to Damascus and not using a visa.
His restoration has been referred to as “a Christmas miracle” by nervous household and mates.
NBC reports that Timmerman’s household “had no clue he was in Syria.”
Timmerman was discovered wandering the streets earlier than being taken in by locals.
“I used to be on a pilgrimage to Damascus,” he informed NBC Information in a constructing on the outskirts of the capital. He stated he had spent three days dwelling in a mountain space across the border between Lebanon and Syria “with out meals and water” earlier than he was noticed by a border guard and detained.
Timmerman stated the regime imprisoned him for months, throughout which “I used to be fed nicely, I at all times had water, the one problem was not having the ability to go to the lavatory” usually.
Insurgent forces launched him as they broke into regime prisons throughout the nation to free detainees.
Timmerman stated he had spent the previous few days wandering the streets barefoot, sleeping exterior and in an deserted home. He was discovered as soon as once more by a neighborhood he requested for water and subsequently appeared within the video that shortly unfold throughout social media and drew the media’s consideration.
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Initially, Timmerman was mistaken for lacking American journalist Austin Tice.
Tice, a former Marine turned journalist, was kidnapped in 2012 whereas reporting in Syria.
The FBI stated in an announcement, “Given latest occasions in Syria, the FBI is renewing our name for info that might result in the secure location, restoration, and return of Austin Bennett Tice, who was detained in Damascus in August 2012.”
“The FBI and our authorities companions stay dedicated to bringing Austin dwelling to his household, and we’re nonetheless providing a reward of as much as $1 million for information that results in Austin’s secure return. When you have info, please electronic mail [email protected] or submit a tip by way of tips.fbi.gov. You may also contact your native FBI workplace of the closest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.”
