The US military has evacuated Travis Timmerman, the missing American, found imprisoned in Syria, to Jordan, according to his family and two military defence officials.
Reports say Timmerman had been in Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons for months.
Bashar al-Assad administration allegedly jailed Timmerman, 29, for more than half a year in the government prison.
This was after he travelled to Syria “for spiritual purposes”. The military flew him out of the country via a US military chopper, NBC News reported.
The Missouri man was freed by rebel fighters armed with AK-47s, on Monday as Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell.
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Turkish news agency Anadolu posted a video of Timmerman, on Thursday, which initially sparked speculation that he could be American journalist Austin Tice.
TIce vanished in 2012 while covering the anti-Assad uprising in Damascus at the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
Timmerman said he was detained seven months ago after entering Syria without permission when he crossed the border from Lebanon.
He had travelled from Europe to Lebanon for “spiritual purposes” — and described himself to NBC News as a religious “pilgrim.” (New York Post)
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