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American who says he crossed into Syria by foot is free after 7 months in detention

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Stacey Collins Gardiner reacts to seeing her son, Travis Timmerman, on the news Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in her home in Urbana, Mo. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner reacts to seeing her son, Travis Timmerman, on the news Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in her home in Urbana, Mo. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, after having been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, after having been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

In this undated photo, Travis Timmerman sits on a porch swing in Urbana, Mo. (Stacey Collins Gardiner via AP)

In this undated photo, Travis Timmerman sits on a porch swing in Urbana, Mo. (Stacey Collins Gardiner via AP)

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)

In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)

This image from the Missouri State Highway Patrol bulletin that shows Pete Travis Timmerman, who went by Travis, had been missing since June and turned up in Syria on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, who said he had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot seven months ago while on a Christian pilgrimage. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)

This image from the Missouri State Highway Patrol bulletin that shows Pete Travis Timmerman, who went by Travis, had been missing since June and turned up in Syria on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, who said he had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot seven months ago while on a Christian pilgrimage. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)

In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)

In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)