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October 27, 2016

Priest imprisoned by Islamic State thinks Canada can do more for Syria

Father Jacques Mourad poses for a photo Nov. 11, 2015 at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Beirut. The Syriac-Catholic priest, who was held captive by the Islamic State group for nearly five months in 2015, called on Canada to undertake diplomatic steps to end the Syrian civil war.

MONTREAL – Canada and Western nations can and must do more to stop the war in Syria, said Father Jacques Mourad, a Syriac Catholic priest who was abducted and held captive for nearly five months by the Islamic State group.

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