DAMASCUS, Syria — A Missouri man found in Syria ... A U.S. official told NBC News that Washington was "aware of reports of an American found outside of Damascus and seeking to provide support.

Although, 29-year-old Missouri native Travis Timmerman also tells the press his time in confinement "wasn't too bad" ...

Travis Timmerman, 29, was found by residents this week ... out − believed Timmerman was Austin Tice, an American journalist who vanished in Syria more than a decade ago while reporting on ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — A Missouri man found in Syria told NBC News on Thursday he spent ... in a video that emerged overnight that led some to misidentify him as missing American journalist Austin Tice, 43 ...