Timmerman, 29, told the Associated Press he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence.

He said he had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot on a Christian pilgrimage ... spoke with FOX 2’s sister ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who had disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among ...

Timmerman was detained after he crossed into Syria while on a Christian pilgrimage from a mountain along the eastern Lebanese town of Zahle in June. He told The Associated Press in an interview ...