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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1118/
- Published: 2024-12-13T17:30:02.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-13T17:30:01.000Z
- Description: Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from Syria’s notorious prisons.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, World

> An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago.  
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> Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, overthrowing President Bashar Assad and ending his family’s 54-year rule.  
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> As video emerged online of Timmerman on Thursday, he was initially mistaken by some for Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in Syria 12 years ago.  
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