(CNN) A US citizen has been released from Syria, his family confirmed in a statement Friday.

"We are grateful to be reunited with our son Sam," his parents, Thomas and Ann Goodwin, wrote. They noted that their 30-year-old son was "healthy and with his family."

Sam Goodwin, who sought to travel to every country in the world, was last seen and heard from on May 25, near Qamishli, Syria, according to a family spokesperson. He was held for 62 days, they said. Additional circumstances around Goodwin's detention in Syria were not immediately clear.

The Goodwins said they were "forever indebted" to Lebanese Gen. Abbas Ibrahim -- the head of Lebanon's Directorate of General Security -- "and to all others who helped secure the release of our son." They said they were asking for privacy as they "reconnect with Sam."

Reuters was the first to report the news. According to a Lebanese security official cited in the Reuters report, Ibrahim mediated with the Syrian government to secure Goodwin's release.

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