A missing US man has been found in Syria, where he says he was kept in prison for months after entering the country as a pilgrim. Travis Timmerman spoke to several outlets Thursday, after locals saw him walking barefoot in the streets of southern Damascus.

An American citizen detained in Syria was freed on Thursday after rebels overtook the city of Damascus, toppling the rule of President Bashar Assad and releasing thousands from imprisonment

Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus trying to make his way out of the country on foot.

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.

The man, who identified himself as Travis Timmerman to reporters, said he had crossed into Syria from neighboring Lebanon on a “pilgrimage” to Damascus.

An American “pilgrim” has been found in Damascus after spending seven months in prison under the Assad regime.

A man seen in video that emerged overnight claiming to show a missing American in Syria told NBC News on Thursday that he is a “pilgrim” named Travis from Missouri and not Austin Tice.