15/10/13 BEIRUT: Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim met Saturday with Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi and discussed the ongoing efforts to secure the release of two Syrian bishops. Ibrahim, the head of General Security, returned Friday from Turkey where he followed up on the negotiation process concerning the release of the bishops as well as a group ...
14/10/13 BEIRUT: A deal running in parallel with efforts to free the nine kidnapped Lebanese in Syria could see the release of two Greek Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped in Lebanon’s neighbor earlier this year, the head of the Syriac League told The Daily Star Friday. “There are positive signs over an imminent release of the two bishops,” said Habib Afram. “We were informed ...