US citizen Travis Timmerman found in Syria where he spent half a year imprisoned

A scruffy, bearded man who identified himself as missing Missouri resident Travis Timmerman was found in Syria on Dec. 12 — and said he was imprisoned after traveling to the country “for spiritual purposes.” Timmerman, 29, said he had spent more than half a year in the government prison when he was freed by rebel fighters armed with AK-47s on as Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell.