The Lebanese National News Agency is reporting that two Syrian bishops who were abducted in April this year have been location although it may take time to negotiate their release. Brigadier General Abbas Ibrahim, Lebanese General Security Chief, revealed that he received information concerning the location of the two kidnapped Syrian bishops, Archbishop Bolous Yazigi and Metropolitan Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim (right), who were captured on 22 April 2013. “We are now indirectly communicating with the kidnappers,” he said, “this is a crucial point upon which we can build so as to reach conclusions.” Speaking about the difficulty of the issue, General Ibrahim noted that no one has claimed responsibility yet. A deacon who travelled with the bishops was killed immediately so he could not be used as a witness against the perpetrators. Bishop Ibrahim, the Metropolitan of Aleppo, was to have been a delegate at the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative consultation held in Albania last September.
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