Christian Bishops Kidnapped by Syria Insurgents; Hagel Schmoozes in Israel; Russia Hibernates; Euro Kleptos Triumph
(LRC Blog/Daniel McAdams) As Reuters reports today, Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Aleppo, Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi, were kidnapped by US-allied Islamic insurgents in the village of Kfar Dael as they were “carrying out humanitarian work”.
The two high-ranking Christian bishops were outspoken in warning about the threats to the religious balance in Syria posed by the Islamist extremists who have received the weapons provided by Saudi Arabia and Qatar with US transport support via Croatia.
The US-backed rebels regularly violate the sanctuaries of Christian churches in their pursuit of a Syria ruled by Sharia law.
