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Article A Patriarch Flees Baghdad Cardinal Sako’s flight to Erbil underscores the complex rivalries playing out among Christian warlords in places like Iraq and Lebanon. By Joseph Phillip Amar August 31, 2023 Religion Middle East Bishops Politics