Budapest. Authorities in Missouri and Hungary had shared photos of a young man who strongly resembles the one shown in footage online from Syria. In interviews with international news outlets on Thursday, the man identified himself as “Travis Timmerman.”

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The man identifying himself only as “Travis,” and said that he was a pilgrim who had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot.

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.

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Syria — An American man who identified himself as Pete Travis Timmerman was found in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus by local residents on Thursday. Timmerman was last seen in Budapest ...

The 29-year-old from Missouri's Ozarks had last been seen in Budapest, Hungary. He said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of the Assad regime. DAMASCUS, Syria — An American ...

A Missouri man found in Syria told NBC News on Thursday he spent ... Authorities in Missouri and Hungarian capital Budapest had earlier this year put out missing person reports for a man named ...

Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the suspect, in line with privacy rules, but some German news outlets have identified him as Taleb A. and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.

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.

“Not a single word” of a story about a Syrian plane landing in Budapest is true, Máté Kocsis, the group leader of ruling Fidesz, said after a meeting of parliament’s national security committee on Wednesday.

Syria's military said it had carried out a "temporary troop withdrawal" in Aleppo to prepare for a counteroffensive against "terrorists". And it admitted insurgents had entered large parts of the ...