There is "no tangible proof" that two Orthdox bishops kidnapped in Syria have been released, an association of Middle Eastern Christians said Wednesday, going back on an earlier claim that the pair had been freed.
"Yesterday evening we received information from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate questioning the release of the two bishops," said Catherine Baumont, spokeswoman of the "Oeuvre d'Orient" association which works to help Middle Eastern Christians.
"Unfortunately no tangible proof of the release has been obtained. The situation remains unclear, and we still don't know who took them," Baumont told AFP.
The French "Oeuvre d'Orient" association had said on Tuesday night that the two -- Bishop Yuhanna Ibrahim and Bishop Boulos Yazigi, who were seized on Monday -- were already at Saint Elias cathedral in Aleppo.