Field tracker · Syria · Middle East
Coalition asks Tom Barrack to help free imprisoned Syrian Christian mayor
Ambassador Sam Brownback, Christian Solidarity International, and In Defense of Christians have sent an open letter to Ambassador Tom Barrack, the U.S. special presidential envoy for Syria, to ask him to intervene in the case of Suleiman Khalil. The former mayor of Sadad has been imprisoned for 17 months. Der Beitrag Coalition asks Tom Barrack to help free imprisoned Syrian Christian mayor erschien zuerst auf Christian Solidarity International.
Record details
- Location
- Syria · Middle East
- Event type
- Arrest
- Coordinates
- 33.514, 36.276
- Accountable source
- Christian Solidarity International ↗
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