Tag Archives: Abducted Syrian bishops

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkTDZjFeGg] These last few days have been a rather interesting one for the conflict in Syria. A conflict that we should cite has run a course of some 3 years, which initially was presented to the world by America, Israel and certain Gulf Arab and European countries as a popular uprising against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime that would herald democracy, freedom …

The following articles are the only indications at present which we have regarding developments with the abducted hierarchs. Of course it seems to most of us, that they have been assassinated and the Western media in particular has been quite silent on the matter. It seems that sweeping the matter under the carpet is preferable, and so to divert attention …

14 June 2013 Speakers at a conference in Oxford last week gave strong indications that the two Orthodox archbishops kidnapped near the Syrian city of Aleppo on 22 April had been killed. A senior regional source said he thought Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi had been murdered on the day that they were kidnapped. The pair …

SYRIAN CHURCH OFFICIALS SAY 2 ALEPPO-BASED BISHOPS WHO WERE KIDNAPPED REMAIN MISSING Author: Barbara Surk, 24 April 2013 The whereabouts of two bishops kidnapped in northern Syria remain unknown, Syrian church officials said Wednesday, a day after telling reporters that they had been released. Bishop Tony Yazigi of the Damascus-based Greek Orthodox Church said Tuesday that the bishops, both working …