Syria: Lacking US man present in Southern Damascus, says jail expertise ‘wasn’t too unhealthy’

Damascus: Amid the political turmoil in Syria, a lacking man from the US has been discovered within the nation the place he was saved in jail after getting into the nation as a pilgrim. The person, recognised as Travis Timmerman, in interplay with CBS Information, acknowledged that he was imprisoned in Syria for a number of months after he entered the nation with out permission, having crossed its border with Lebanon. It’s to be famous that after rebels toppled Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad this week, hundreds of individuals from a number of prisons within the nation have been launched. 

Timmerman stated that he determined to go to Syria for ‘non secular functions’. Earlier, locals noticed him strolling barefoot within the streets of Southern Damascus. He added that two males armed with AK-47s broke down his cell door on Monday, and left the jail with a big group to try to attain Jordan, CBS Information studies.  Talking about his expertise within the jail, the US man stated, “wasn’t too unhealthy”, including, “I used to be by no means overwhelmed. The one actually unhealthy half was that I couldn’t go to the toilet once I wished to. I used to be solely let loose 3 times a day to go to the toilet.” 

“We each cried on the telephone”

In a dialog with CNN affiliate KYTV, Timmerman’s grandfather Richard Gardiner stated, “I’m pondering the worst, after seven months you simply suppose he’s gone”. He added, “I known as her up and stated, ‘It’s him, and he’s alive!’ So we each cried on the telephone.” Between 2020 and 2021, Timmerman labored for the legislation agency Goldberg Legislation Group primarily based in Chicago, Illinois, as informed by the agency’s Managing Accomplice Michael Goldberg to CNN.  Goldberg additional described Timmerman as “fairly good”, including that he was a “tremendous good man” who had moved to Chicago for the job. 

In associated developments, rebels swept throughout Syria in solely 10 days to finish the 50-year rule of former president Bashar Al-Assad’s household. The rebels additionally broke into prisons to free hundreds of political prisoners and others who disappeared for the reason that battle started again in 2011.

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