The army of Bashar al-Assad is still not able to retake the small city from the scum defiling the region where not only the apostle Paul walked but where some Biblical scholars have indicated that both Paul and Jesus had relatives living in and around Damascus.
From other reports I have read, it appears that the scum have lodged themselves in great numbers in a hotel building sitting on top of one of the highest hills (if I am not mistaken, I think the hotel is the one seen behind the statue of Mary in one of the pics below) and it's extremely different for Assad's soldiers to gain access without dropping bombs which supposedly they don't want to do lest the heritage sites are turned to dust. If this place becomes a ghost town, it will be a blow to Christianity not only in Syria, but worldwide.
From GulfNews:
....Syrian troops launched an attack Monday on hills overlooking a Christian-majority village near the capital Damascus, two days after rebel forces captured the ancient community, an activist group said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighters from the Al Qaida-affiliated Jabhat Al Nusra or Nusra Front and the Qalamon Liberation Front still control Maaloula, an ancient village that is home to two of the oldest surviving monasteries in Syria. Rebels captured the village on Saturday....
Nasser Chararah writing at Al-Monitor:
After the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved President Barack Obama’s plan to strike Syria,
armed extremist Islamists entered the Syrian town of Maaloula, located to the northeast of Damascus.
Maaloula does not hold a strategic position in the equation of the currently ongoing armed conflict in the outskirts of Damascus, which is aimed at gaining control of the capital. This town enjoys a remarkable historical significance, however, as it stands witness to the tolerance of Syrian society and its “Eastern civilization” — which traces its roots back centuries.
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