Syrian bishops kidnapped near Aleppo

2013-04-23 30

Two Syrian bishops have been kidnapped in the northern province of Aleppo. It's not clear who is responsible. Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi are said to have been seized as they were carrying out humanitarian work. Muslim clerics have been targeted in the past but it is the first time two senior church leaders have been caught up in the conflict.
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