The 29-year-old said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of Assad. Timmerman's family called it a "Christmas miracle."

The 29-year-old from Missouri's Ozarks had last been seen in Budapest, Hungary. He said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of the Assad regime.

Travis Timmerman, 29, from Missouri, was found this week by residents wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Syria's capital.

An American man who says he was held in Syria for seven months is speaking out after being freed from prison following the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime. The man, who has been identified as Travis Timmerman,

An American called Travis Timmerman who claims to have entered Syria on foot is now free after spending seven months in detention.

A man seen in video that emerged overnight claiming to show a missing American in Syria told NBC News on Thursday that he is a “pilgrim” named Travis from Missouri and not Austin Tice.