An American man who said he illegally entered Syria on foot from Lebanon as part of a Christian pilgrimage and then spent about seven months in a Damascus prison, spoke to members of the media on ...

Travis Timmerman looks out the window of a van as he is taken to be handed over to U.S. forces near the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordan on Dec. 13. (Manu Brabo for NPR) ALONG THE M2 HIGHWAY in ...

ALONG THE M2 HIGHWAY in southern Syria — The journey of a young Missouri man freed from a Syrian prison when the regime fell earlier this month began with a wilderness religious pilgrimage earlier ...

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.