Desde última hora de la tarde del sábado 4 de julio hemos perdido el contacto con el padre Diya Aziz, franciscano
iraquí de la Custodia de Tierra Santa, párroco de Yacubíe (provincia de Idlib, distrito de Yesr ash Shugur, Siria).
El sábado pasado algunos militantes de una brigada no identificada, posiblemente relacionada con Yabhat al
Nusra, llegaron para llevarlo a hablar con el emir del lugar. Desde entonces se ha perdido su pista y no somos
capaces de saber dónde se encuentra.
Estamos haciendo todo lo posible para localizar el lugar de su detención y obtener su liberación.
Lo confiamos a la oración de todos.
La Custodia de Tierra Santa
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Communique of the Custody of the Holy Land
During the late afternoon of Saturday 4 July, we lost the contact with Father Dhiya Aziz, an Iraqi Franciscan of the Custody of the Holy Land, parish priest at Yacoubieh (Province of Idlib, district of Jisr al Chougour, Syria).
Some militants of an unknown armed brigade, perhaps connected withJahbat al-Nusra, came to take him away for a brief interview with the Emir of the place. From that moment we do not have any more news and we are unable to trace his where abouts at the present moment.
We are doing everything possible to locate the place of his detention and secure his release.
We entrust him to the prayers of all.
The Custody of the Holy Land
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Fr. Dhya Aziz ofm was born at Mosul, the ancient Niniveh, in Iraq, on 10 January 1974. After some studies at the Medical Institute of his city, he embraced religious life and after the novitiate at Ain Karem he made his first profession of the religious vows on 1 April 2002. In 2003 he transferred to Egypt, where he remained for many years. In 2010 he came back into the Custody and was sent to Amman. Subsequently he was transferred to Syria, at Lattakia. He then rendered himself voluntarily willing to assist the community of Yacoubieh, in the region of the Orontes (province of Idlib, district of Jisr al-Chougour), which has become particularly dangerous since it fell under the control of Jahbar al-Nusra.
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P. Dhya AZZIZ OFMè nato a Mosul, l’antica Ninive, in Iraq, il 10 Gennaio 1974. Dopo alcuni studi presso l’Istituto medico della sua città, aveva abbracciato la vita religiosa e dopo il noviziato ad Ain Karem, aveva emesso la prima professione dei voti religiosi il 1° Aprile 2002. Nel 2003 si è trasferito in Egitto, dove è rimasto per diversi anni. Nel 2010 rientra in Custodia e viene inviato ad Amman. È successivamente trasferito in Siria, a Lattakia. Si era reso poi volontariamente disponibile ad assistere la comunità di Yacoubieh, nella regione dell’Oronte (provincia di Idlib, distretto di Jisr al-Chougour), divenuta particolarmente pericolosa in quanto sotto il controllo di Jabhat al-Nusra.