An Urbana, Missouri, native was rescued from a prison in Syria after being missing for months.Travis Timmerman, 29, said he was released Monday after his rescuers broke down his single-cell prison ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Travis Timmerman said he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian ...

The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist captured in Syria, said the news of Travis Timmerman's recent prison release has sparked new hope that her son will soon walk free.

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad regime, was handed over to U.S. forces in Syria on Friday.