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American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is free after 7 months in detention

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Travis Timmerman says he crossed into Syria from Lebanon on foot.

He appeared in videos circulating online earlier in the day in which rebels said they had located him.

Some people who saw the videos initially mistook him for Austin Tice , an American journalist who went missing in Syria 12 years ago .

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81

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80

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60

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informal

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English

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42

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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