{"id":15680,"date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/communiques\/syria-destruction-of-an-ancient-church-in-idlib-province-press-release-from-bishop-gollnisch\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:44","slug":"syria-destruction-of-an-ancient-church-in-idlib-province-press-release-from-bishop-gollnisch","status":"publish","type":"communique","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/communiques\/syria-destruction-of-an-ancient-church-in-idlib-province-press-release-from-bishop-gollnisch\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Destruction of an Ancient Church in Idlib Province\u2014Press Release from Bishop Gollnisch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 5, the church in Deir Sinbel was destroyed by the Al-Nusra Front in Idlib, a province in northwestern Syria, as fierce fighting raged in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019\u0152uvre d\u2019Orient condemns this latest heinous act. 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