Islamic court to try priest

A Franciscan priest abducted by Islamist terrorists in Syria on 5 October has been released to house arrest at his convent in the north-eastern village of Knayeh, writes Ellen Teague. Fr Hanna Jallouf’s confinement was ordered by a local Islamic court, pending a trial. Islamists accuse the Syrian priest, 62, and other Christians of cooperation with President Bashar al-Assad’s Government.