The former Olympian speaks candidly to Jack Rathborn about Syria’s future after the removal of the dictator Bashar al-Assad earlier this month

The man told reporters that his name was Travis Timmerman and that he had entered Syria on a religious pilgrimage. He said he had been detained for months.

He was last seen in Budapest in late May ... who has been held in Syria since 2012. Though he not yet been found, the interim Syrian government said in a statement on Thursday that efforts ...

An American man found wandering the streets outside the Syrian capital of Damascus barefoot identified himself as Pete Travis Timmerman on Thursday. Timmerman was last seen in Budapest, Hungary,

Timmerman said he had gone to Syria for Christian "spiritual purposes ... had been last seen in Budapest. The bulletin said the date of his last contact had been June 2, 2024, and that he was ...

Timmerman, 29, had not contacted his family for months after he went on a trip to Eastern Europe. His discovery came in the wake of the overthrow of the Assad regime.

Authorities say the suspect does not fit the usual profile of perpetrators of extremist attacks. The man described himself as an ex-Muslim who was highly critical of Islam and in many posts on social media expressed support for the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

More details emerged Sunday about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany, while mourners continued to place flowers and other tributes at the site of the attack.

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who turned up ... that Timmerman was last seen at a church in Hungary’s capital, Budapest. Missouri court records indicate that Timmerman is from Urbana ...

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