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The Unsolved Mystery: Aleppo’s Missing Bishops Haunt the Middle East
The Unsolved Mystery: Aleppo’s Missing Bishops Haunt the Middle East

(OPINION) The bishops of Aleppo, Syria — Metropolitan Paul Yazigi and Metropolitan Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox Church — disappeared 10 years ago while seeking the release of two kidnapped priests. Their car was surrounded by a pack of armed men as they maneuvered through risky checkpoints west of Aleppo. Their driver died in the gunfire, but a survivor later testified that the kidnappers were not speaking Arabic and appeared to be from Chechnya.

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Analysis, Christianity, Conflict, Crime, Opinion, Orthodox, Religion, Religion News, TERRY MATTINGLYTerry MattinglyMetropolitan Paul Yazigi, Islamic State, Aleppo, Syria, Terry Mattingly, Metropolitan Yazigi, Metropolitan Yohanna Ibrahim, Chechnya, Father Thomas Zain, Antiochian Orthodox, Patriarch John of Damascus, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, Matthew Namee, Antiochian Orthodox PatriarchateComment