(CBN) – A group of humanitarian aid workers from the French NGO SOS Chretiens d’Orient or “SOS Christians of the Middle East” have been kidnapped while working in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Benjamin Blanchard, the group’s director told the press that their staff members — three french and one Iraqi national — went missing near the French embassy on Monday. According to France 24,
no ransom has been demanded no specific group has yet to take responsibility for their disappearance. The charity has worked with persecuted Christians in Iraq since 2014, when ISIS overran large swathes of the country and brutalized thousands upon thousands of Christian minorities and Yazidi’s.
Blanchard said the group was in the capital city “to renew their visas and register the association with Iraqi authorities,” adding that they were “experienced staff members who have been working with us for years” and had “perfect knowledge of conflict zones.” The names of the missing have been withheld for security reasons. READ MORE
