HOUSTON — The head of an international aid group for hostages believes Houston freelance journalist Austin Tice is alive.

After Travis Timmerman, an American who had been held in a Syrian prison for months, was found outside of Damascus, AP journalists rushed to the scene and ...

Now, Washington finally has a cooperative partner in Damascus — the rebel group that forced Assad ... noting the U.S. military has a permanent presence in the north and deployed to bring Travis ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Travis Timmerman said he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian ...

Austin Tice went missing in the country in 2012 and his whereabouts are currently unknown, but his mother is holding out hope ...

Timmerman was held captive for seven months alongside political prisoners and torture victims.

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad... American citizen Travis Timmerman is now with U.S ...

Described as a "Christmas miracle" by his family, American citizen Travis Timmerman has been found in Syria ... had been ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad regime, was handed over to U.S. forces in Syria on Friday.

But he just calls himself Travis. Syrian forces with Hayat ... Earlier in the day, NPR had accompanied the convoy bringing Timmerman from Damascus to southern Syria, near a U.S. base not far ...