Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 29, 2020 / 10:11 am
Four men working in Iraq for the French humanitarian organization SOS Chrétiens d'Orient went missing last week in Baghdad.
The organization works to support Eastern Christians with humanitarian material aid; it has permanent missions in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt.
SOS Chrétiens d'Orient has said four of its employees disappeared Jan. 20 after they made a trip to an appointment by car. The group tried to contact them the following day, unsuccessfully.
"It was clear that they had disappeared" by Jan. 22 "and therefore we immediately alerted the French authorities," the group said, adding that both French and Iraqi authorities are working to find them.