ICC Note: Two Syrian bishops kidnapped on Monday by armed rebels in a village near Aleppo are still missing, contradicting reports that the men had been freed, Reuters reports. The bishops are the most senior church leaders abducted in the conflict which has now killed more than 70,000 people across Syria.
4/24/2013 Syria (Reuters) – Two Syrian bishops kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing, church sources in Damascus and Aleppo said on Wednesday, contradicting a report that the men had been freed.
A source at the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo said the bishops had not been released and he was unaware of any contact with their abductors. At the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus, a source also said there was no indication they had been freed.
Greek Orthodox archbishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim were seized near the northern commercial and industrial hub of Aleppo, which is contested by rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
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